Take four punk kids, add a tiger from the San Franciso zoo enclosed in a sub-par enclosure and you get one dead teenager and one dead tiger. These kids likely taunted and provoked this tiger and the zoo will probably be sued.
Interesting things to note:
Four boys matching the "victims" descriptions were seen taunting the lions at that zoo just prior to the tiger attack.
The boys involved in this incident have been in trouble with the police before and were belligerant to the police.
The 67-year old wall in question in the tiger enclosure has not been breached before and no one told the zoo they needed to increase the height of their wall to keep the exhibit in use.
There was a shoe print found on the railing of the exhibit.
Witnesses say the boys may have been roaring at the tigers and possibly provoking them to action.
Tigers are wild animals. The boys were invading their turf and threatening their space. Stupid is as stupid does and nature bites back. Unfortunately for the zoo, if they are going to keep lethal animals they have to protect the public, despite how young and potentially stupid they may be. Both the boys and the zoo underestimated the nature and capabilities of a tiger.
Where are the video cameras capturing what happened?
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Tiger attack: Zoo’s fault?Dec. 28: The director of the San Francisco Zoo is now saying that the wall is 12.5 feet deep, about 4 feet shorter than the recommended height. NBC’s Peter Alexander reports.
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