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Tiger escapes cage in San Francisco Zoo, kills one
AP ^ | December 25, 2007

Posted on 12/25/2007 6:56:38 PM PST by Shermy

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To: Shermy
As reported, the last words of the victim were:"Well, I've got a tiger by the tail,it's plain to see!"
21 posted on 12/25/2007 7:24:16 PM PST by Revolting cat! (We all need someone we can bleed on...)
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To: VastRWCon
If tigers are outlawed, then only outlaws will have tigers.

Friends don't let friends own tigers.

22 posted on 12/25/2007 7:24:43 PM PST by Cinnamon Girl (OMGIIHIHOIIC ping list)
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To: BGHater

“the Tiger went into a Cafeteria and killed someone there”

I had a similar thought the thousandth time I heard “serve you a meat, sir?” I stopped going before I killed someone.


23 posted on 12/25/2007 7:27:58 PM PST by Rb ver. 2.0 (Global warming is the new Marxism.)
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To: Rb ver. 2.0
Lol.

‘To Serve Man’ TZ flashback.

Where else is a Tiger gonna go to eat? Did he pay by Visa? This is not a funny event, but I’ll laugh after I log out.

24 posted on 12/25/2007 7:31:25 PM PST by BGHater (If Guns Cause Crime Then Matches Cause Arson?)
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To: Shermy

The victims were all non-employees, said police spokesman Sgt. Steve Mannina. The condition of the two people who were wounded remains unclear.

The tiger was shot after the last attack. It had climbed on top of the victim, but started moving toward a group of approaching police officers. Several officers shot it with handguns, Mannina said.


25 posted on 12/25/2007 7:35:26 PM PST by kcvl
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To: Calpernia; milford421

Ping.


26 posted on 12/25/2007 7:36:13 PM PST by nw_arizona_granny ("Christmas is not a date. It is a state of mind" M.E. Chase American writer "Merry Christmas to all")
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To: Shermy
According to a confirmed report, the tiger had just watch the movie traditionally shown on television each Christmas Day, Born Free


27 posted on 12/25/2007 7:40:51 PM PST by Revolting cat! (We all need someone we can bleed on...)
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To: Shermy

What kind of target would a tiger choose to attack? I have a bad feeling that a child was killed.


28 posted on 12/25/2007 7:43:14 PM PST by REDWOOD99
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To: Shermy

RIP.


29 posted on 12/25/2007 7:43:41 PM PST by fieldmarshaldj (~~~Jihad Fever -- Catch It !~~~ (Backup tag: "Live Fred or Die"))
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To: REDWOOD99

This one says a “man”:

“..Police shot and killed the tiger outside the zoo’s Terrace Cafe shortly after the park closed to visitors at 5 p.m.

They encountered the tiger mauling a man who was covered in blood, said San Francisco Police Department Sgt. Steve Mannina. When officers tried to intervene, the tiger turned and headed toward them, prompting several officers to fire numerous shots at the tiger.

The dead tiger remained outside the cafe as darkness fell over the zoo. Two others mauled by the tiger were rushed to the hospital with critical injuries.

The zoo, festooned with holiday decorations was silent after the attacks, save for police helicopters and police officers sweeping the grounds for potential additional victims.

“We won’t know until tomorrow whether this was negligence or intentional or how the tiger got out,” Mannina said.

Some zoo employees in the gift shop locked themselves in as they had been instructed in case of emergency, but would not comment further.

According to the zoo’s website, the zoo has two Siberian tigers, Tony and Tatiana, who live in an outdoor enclosure near the Lion House. It also has a female Sumatran tiger, Padang, at the west end of the Lion House. It was not immediately clear which tiger escaped...”

http://www.mercurynews.com/ci_7807288?source=rss&nclick_check=1


30 posted on 12/25/2007 7:46:03 PM PST by Shermy
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To: Revolting cat!

city hall to find out how that scumbag sandoval tastes for christmas dinner


31 posted on 12/25/2007 7:46:03 PM PST by steamroller
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To: Shermy

http://www.ktvu.com/index.html

One person was killed and two others critically injured Sunday night after a tiger broke loose from its cage and went on a rampage inside a cafe at the San Francisco Zoo.


32 posted on 12/25/2007 7:48:51 PM PST by jimbo123
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To: Shermy

Video report here:

http://www.ktvu.com/news/14922301/detail.html

The tiger attack last year at the same zoo also happened in December. Is it mating season for tigers?


33 posted on 12/25/2007 7:49:36 PM PST by LibFreeOrDie (L'Chaim!)
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To: rawhide

I caught it too—finding myself rereading it a few times to make sure I was seeing what I saw—LOL!


34 posted on 12/25/2007 7:50:01 PM PST by basil (Support the Second Amendment--buy another gun today!)
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To: Shermy

THE CATS WON’T TAKE IT ANY MORE!


35 posted on 12/25/2007 7:51:51 PM PST by Revolting cat! (We all need someone we can bleed on...)
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To: sionnsar

Tiger did what Tigers do! Shot him? SHAME ON THE HUMANS


36 posted on 12/25/2007 7:53:20 PM PST by buffyt (Free Border Agents Ramos and Campean before Christmas PLEASE! too late.............................)
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To: Cinnamon Girl

But, were they just friends?


37 posted on 12/25/2007 7:53:53 PM PST by coloradan (Failing to protect the liberties of your enemies establishes precedents that will reach to yourself.)
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To: Revolting cat!

IIRC, a lion used in that film later killed a man.


38 posted on 12/25/2007 7:54:32 PM PST by Mr Rogers (Huckabee - the Republican John Edwards)
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To: Mr Rogers

Allright! Karma got him.


39 posted on 12/25/2007 7:55:47 PM PST by buffyt (Free Border Agents Ramos and Campean before Christmas PLEASE! too late.............................)
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To: jimbo123
Authorities said they got a 911 call at 5:17 p.m. reporting that at least one tiger had broken loose from its cage and was prowling the grounds. Heavily armed police officers confronted the tiger inside the Terrace Cafe, killing it as it attacked a man. Three other tigers were found on the grounds and returned to their cages.

Seems like there were a total of 4 tigers on the loose according to the article you linked to?

40 posted on 12/25/2007 7:58:26 PM PST by rawhide
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