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Police Logs Detail Chaotic Response to Escaped Tiger

Dec 29, 2007 10:30 AM CST

Police Logs Detail Chaotic Response to Escaped Tiger

Skeptical first report slowed response

(Newser) - The first chaotic hour after an escaped tiger at the San Francisco Zoo killed a 17-year-old man on Christmas is revealed in riveting detail in the transcript of the police log released by authorities yesterday. The report shows that zoo employees first thought the injured man who reported the escaped...

Tiger Victim Died Trying to Aid Friend

Dec 29, 2007 7:00 AM CST

Tiger Victim Died Trying to Aid Friend

Details emerge on Christmas mauling death, injuries

(Newser) - Carlos Sousa Jr., the 17-year-old killed by the escaped tiger at the San Francisco Zoo on Christmas, was not the tiger's first victim, the AP reports, as new details emerge in the mauling. Tatiana, the 350-pound Siberian tiger, first attacked one of his two friends, and Sousa and the friend's...

Tiger's Wall Lower Than National Standard

Dec 28, 2007 4:24 AM CST

Tiger's Wall Lower Than National Standard

But how she jumped it is beyond me: zoo chief

(Newser) - A San Francisco Zoo wall apparently scaled by a Siberian tiger who subsequently killed a teenage park patron is four feet lower than national standards, reports the San Francisco Chronicle. The big cat, Tatiana, also mauled two of the victim's friends after her escape Christmas Day. Zoo officials initially reported...

Zoo: Killer Tiger Was Provoked

Dec 27, 2007 11:18 AM CST

Zoo: Killer Tiger Was Provoked

Shoe, blood by fence indicate a visitor may have dangled leg

(Newser) - The victims of the Christmas Day tiger mauling may have tried to climb into the animal’s enclosure, the San Francisco Chronicle reports. Police have found a shoe and blood near the cage moat, and a footprint on the fence. “Somebody really agitated her and gave her some method...

Killer Tiger's Escape a Mystery

Dec 27, 2007 6:19 AM CST

Killer Tiger's Escape a Mystery

Deadly San Francisco Zoo attack being treated as crime scene

(Newser) - The San Francisco Zoo remained shuttered today as investigators and grieving family alike struggled to understand how a Siberian tiger was able to escape her cage and maul 17-year-old Carlos Souza to death. "This is very rough on us," said an uncle. "He was a great kid....

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Probes Deadly Tiger Attack

Dec 26, 2007 11:35 AM CST

SF Zoo Probes Deadly Tiger Attack

Investigation focuses on animal's escape route over wall, moat

(Newser) - Investigators are attempting to figure out how a 350-pound Siberian tiger escaped her enclosure at the San Francisco Zoo yesterday, crossing a 15-foot moat and scaling a 20-foot wall. The tiger, Tatiana, killed a man and severely mauled two others before being shot and killed by police. The surviving victims...