Tiger

Ok, check this...I was looking at the Tiger killing last week at the SF Zoo because I really didn't know what happened. I heard someone was attacked and killed and my wife asked me if I knew what happened. Well I realized I hadn't kept up with the news so I went to find an article on the web and found an old article at http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2006/12/23/TIGER.TMP, which says that Tatiana the tiger attacked a zoo keeper during feeding time. The keeper was hurt but not killed - hmmm. I looked at the date and it says Dec 23, 2006. I realized that this wasn't the article describing what happened.

So I looked again (http://www.nytimes.com/2007/12/26/us/26tiger.html?em&ex=1198904400&en=2f5bafe69cad194f&ei=5087%0A) and found the correct article from the NYT that describes the issue happening on Dec 25th of this year. I further read in (http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2007/12/26/MN0LU4M2T.DTL) that the tiger Tatiana is suspected of mauling and killing the boy. (The tiger was also shot by police.) Hopefully the zoo gets is stuff together and manages these very dangerous animals better. Even if the boys were taunting the animal that the result should be death at a place like this. If the animal attacked a zoo keeper unprovoked - what could they expect when the animal was really upset. I believe that this problem is a problem with managing the animals in a proper enclosure. I also believe that the guards and others could have helped if possible to let the boys into other areas. This is unconscionable. I hope the boy's family at least has some solice in the future. My prayers are with everyone who was impacted and with those who need to plan and manage these dangerous animals.