
One zoo visitor was mauled to death and two others severely injured when a Siberian tiger escaped from its grotto at the San Francisco Zoo early Christmas evening and went on a bloody rampage in front of terrified zoo patrons.
The tiger - the same animal that chewed a keeper’s arm during an attack last December - was shot to death outside a zoo cafe by four officers who managed to distract the animal as it mauled one of its victims.
The horrifying violence, which occurred just after the zoo’s 5 p.m. closing time while dozens of patrons were still inside, began when the tiger somehow managed to gain its liberty from the grotto.
The animal, a 4-year-old tiger named Tatiana, did not leave the grotto through its only door, zookeepers said. The grotto is surrounded by a 15-foot-wide moat and a 20-foot-high wall. (cnn.com)
crazy….
**Porsche.. i live in the bay area.. and iv been to that zoo many times, i love animals… i was sad to hear they killed the tiger… its not right in my eyes..yes she killed a human (poor guy and his family) but we are the ones who keep these wild animals in cages.!.! was the tiger wrong or was is just acting in is own ways.