ok so I need to make a show tank plus land for my sea otter and Im having trouble doing so… so if anyone could give me some pointers that would be great

Just before the closing of the San Francisco Zoo on Christnas Day 2007, Siberian tiger “Tatiana” somehow got out of her cage and killed one man, then mauled 2 others before turning on the police who rushed in and had to shoot her when she came at them.

Tatiana had mauled another person just one year earlier — a zoo keeper during a feeding — so the tiger had a history of attacking humans.

Previously, the concept of animals escaping from the zoo was one I hadn’t thought seriously about too much, living next door to a major zoo in a big city for years. But now, folks are baffled how this tiger got out. Did she jump the wall or the moat? Was someone negligent in locking the cage, or perhaps was the release a devious act?

In any event, I’m just curious if you predict attendance at all the major zoos in the U.S. might dip a bit after this…certainly at the San Francisco Zoo. But elsewhere too? Have you thought about death by tiger attack? Will your zoo attendance abate now?
This Asker recognizes that the chance of getting mauled or killed by a wild animal at a Zoo in America is miniscule. We have become accustomed now to knowing we might be blown up by a bomb anytime we board a plane (or other aircraft disaster). And indeed, driving down the street to the corner store, statistically speaking, is probably more likely to result in your physical injury than is going to a zoo.

BUT…

To die or be maimed by being mauled by a tiger has to be one of the most terrifying deaths or injuries one could sustain. This is PRIMAL! So I think the fact that the media is focusing in on this attack in San Francisco is testimony to why this is such a spectacular death.

My local TV station did a “safety report” on the news today about our local zoo and the tigers we have there as a result of this incident.

Animals being so caged and denied for years on end is another topic. Are zoos ethical? Are the animals rebelling because they’ve been so denied nature?