[nicmarlo]

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

[repinwi]

"It's not clear whether Tatiana thrust her paws through the bars, which are a few inches apart, or whether the feeder's hands were close enough to the bars for Tatiana to grab them."

I'm glad you know what happened because according to several of your articles it's not clear what happened.