The caretaker put her arm in the cage while the tiger was eating. Any prudent person knows you don’t even mess with a dog while they are feeding and here we have a wild animal. The caretaker should have known better. That’s why they didn’t receive any money from their lawsuit. They were at fault, not the tiger.
Not according to what I read:
The tiger apparently reached its paws through steel bars and grabbed the trainer's arms while she was answering questions from the public after the 2 p.m. feeding.
http://www.nbc11.com/news/10594010/detail.html
Tyler Bridges and his 4-year-old daughter were in the Lion House and had just finished chatting with the keeper when the attack occurred as they were walking away.
"She had just said, 'We feed them rabbits every Tuesday and Friday.' Fifteen seconds later, I hear her screaming," Bridges told the San Francisco Chronicle. "I see her with her back to us, facing the cage. Both of her hands were in front of her. Then somebody tried to pull her away from the tiger."
http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2006/12/23/national/main2294206.shtml
This makes three stories, all saying the tiger reached out through the bars and grabbed the trainer. What information do you have to support your assertions?
Tiger Mauls Zoo Trainer
SAN FRANCISCO, California (AP)
The 3-year-old female tiger, Tatiana, reached through the iron bars of her enclosure and grabbed the trainer with both front paws shortly after 2 p.m. (5 p.m. ET), zoo officials said.
At least 50 visitors were at the zoo’s big cat exhibit, called the Lion House, when the tiger attacked, said Robert Jenkins, director of animal care and conservation at the zoo. They were quickly evacuated after the incident.
The trainer has been an animal keeper at the zoo since 1997. Her main job is taking care of the zoo’s four lions and three tigers, Jenkins said.
“No matter how familiar you get with these animals, they’re still wild animals,”
http://chompetus.blogspot.com/2006/12/tiger-mauls-zoo-trainer.html
The zoo changed the method for feeding the tigers to eliminate the risk to the handlers.