Unfortunate Christmas Tragedy: One dead in San Francisco Zoo mauling (Dec. 26 2007)

UPDATE: December 23, 2008

Sousa Family Sues SF, SF Zoo Over Wrongful Death (SFist.com)


... the victim's family sued the city of San Francisco and the San Francisco Zoo today for wrongful death....According to reports, Marilza and, Carlos' parents, claim that "the zoo and the city, as owners of Tatiana, the Siberian tiger that jumped over its enclosure and mauled Sousa and two of his friends, are liable for Sousa's death, according to their attorney Michael Cardoza." The bumbling Dhaliwal brothers, Carlos' "friends," were also injured when the Tatiana jumped out of her pit. Word is the brothers, while drunk and/or high, taunted the tiger, which prompted the attack. Allegedly.


One person was killed and two were injured at the zoo on Christmas day. 
Tatiana: Siberian tiger
Tatiana: Siberian tiger

A large tiger escaped and was later killed as it mauled a victim.  Police are continuing to search the area for other possible victims. The zoo is closed today.

San Francisco Chronicle -
Investigation continues into fatal tiger attack at S.F. zoo

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Patricia Volonakis Davis
Heh heh. Great minds think alike, Reechard. I posted this on the tiger incident not too long ago.. I wonder what your take on it is.....
reechard
Thanks for that! I spent some time on other Vox blogs regarding that story, and one was really awful, gloating over the human death and claiming brutality by the "cops." That was of course before anything at all was known!
Patricia Volonakis Davis
Really? Is that how people saw it? Astonishing....
reechard
Only one blog was that extreme, but there was alot of sick cheer leading in the commentary :(
Patricia Volonakis Davis
And it was a tragedy all around...I loved that zoo, too. I remember when we first moved to SF, my son had just started high school. He was feeliing blue and out of place and we went to the zoo. It really helped put him to rights and he loves it here, now. I do remember that they had said they wer going to buiild a better area for the silverbacks. It never happened. The mismanagement makes me sick most of all....(sigh)