Tatiana[6]: pictures

[mdlbear]

It took a while for it to show up on the web, but the Merc this morning had a dimensioned drawing of Tatiana's enclosure in an article titled "Wall of tiger's S.F. Zoo pen too short". added 11:03 They also have a very good article written this afternoon, with a lot of detail about what actually went on.

The Wikipedia article now has a particularly nice picture (on the left, linked to larger version).

There's the usual collection of newspaper articles: TheStar [Toronto Zoo officials say their fence is higher] ABC News ["Natural Born Killers"] Herald Sun San Francisco Chronicle [there was an "Emergency Procedures" manual -- guess what didn't happen in all the confusion], the Merc ["A San Francisco Zoo employee who called 911 during the Christmas Day tiger attack told a dispatcher that a very agitated male was claiming to have been bitten by an animal, but the employee initially didn't believe him, according to communication police released this afternoon."] Not surprising, really.

This Associated Press article concentrates on the possible financial liability. This Reuters article quotes the person responsible for the Association of Zoos and Aquariums' 16 foot height recommendation: "I've seen tigers, big male tigers, reach up to 12 feet high," said Tilson, also the Minnesota Zoo's conservation director. (added 11:33pm Here's an article on Tilson in the Minneapolis Star Tribune.) There are a few more details on the victims and the sequence of events at CTV.ca. The brothers Dhaliwal should be out of the hospital in time for their court date on charges of public intoxication and resisting arrest. The dead teen, Carlos Sousa Jr., was apparently trying to distract Tatiana from her initial attack on the older brother. He succeeded, but...

And just before posting, The Times has an article about the shoe print found on the fence. It may be a few more days before we learn the results of the "forensic analysis".

Comments

[hvideo.livejournal.com]

During an emergency it's a rare individual who knows the emergency procedures (unless the company regularly drills them).

And it's almost undeard of for a person in the middle of an emergency to locate and read the emergency procedures from the manual.

[mdlbear]

...and nobody trains for emergencies that are expected never to happen. Not a bit surprising.

Mindy says:

[capplor.livejournal.com]

How well was its health? The tiger's health was:A. great B. good C. bad D. very bad.

Re: Mindy says:

[mdlbear]

She was very healthy, otherwise she wouldn't have been able to get out of her enclosure.

By the way, there's a party at the Starport today.

Re: Mindy says:

[capplor.livejournal.com]

Know about the party. Plan to come by later, but there's also some Baha'i stuff to do today.