Tiger kills San Francisco Zoo patron, injures two others
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SAN FRANCISCO -- 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.
Tatiana, a 350-pound female Siberian tiger who mauled an animal keeper in December 2006,
was shot and killed by police officers after it killed one visitor to the S
an Francisco Zoo and injured two others. Chronicle photo by Kurt Rogers
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 two injured men, ages 19 and 23, both underwent surgery Tuesday evening. The man who died, also thought to be in his 20s, was found near the tiger grotto, police said.
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Anonymous
1. Was it necassary???