December 29, 2007
Emergency 911 Tapes of SF Zoo Tiger Attacks Released
Less than a week after the fatal tiger mauling at the SF Zoo, much of the news that has (slowly) unraveled from the Christmas Day tiger attacks has been disheartening. From the downplayed info about the too-short tiger pen fence, conflicting evidence that the three boys taunted the Siberian tiger just before the attack, and that emergency protocol wasn't followed by SF Zoo employees, there are more chin-scratching facts to add to the list. Take, for example, the lack of concern the two brothers felt for their dead friend, Carlos. According to a law enforcement source, as the brothers were being transported from the zoo to the hospital, "one brother told the other not to talk to anyone." The source went on to say that "they were more concerned with their car in the parking lot and that it would be okay." (Sure, people have different reactions in time of grief, but still: Ouch.)
In more news, 911 tapes were released on Friday. According to SF Examiner:
Emergency personnel were first notified at 5:08 p.m. when a Terrace Café employee called 911 saying an "agitated man is claiming he was bitten by an animal," according to the transcript.The two brothers attacked were initially considered mentally unstable by zoo personnel and "making something up" about a tiger biting one of them, the transcript says.
The transcript depicts a scene quickly descending into fear when at 5:11 p.m. the transcript read, "The tiger is out of the gate and they are locking up the zoo."
At 5:20 p.m., personnel are advised that the scene is not safe, and at 5:22 a call technician takes a call from one of the Dhaliwal brothers, saying his brother was bit by a tiger.
Just a minute later he hung up his phone, according to the transcript.
At 5:25, a Taraval officer has the tiger directly in front of him, but then a minute later the tiger disappears.
At 5:27 officers found the tiger attacking its third victim at the Terrace Café and shot it.
In all fairness to the SF zoo cafe employee who placed the emergency call, we have to wonder if he assumed the brothers were part of some Jackassian prank. Still, the employee had to wits to call 911, which might have helped prevent further bloodshed Tuesday night at the SF Zoo.
The two brothers - who, it seems, have requested no photos taken of them by media outlets - are scheduled to leave San Francisco General Hospital later today.
Image of Tatiana from AP/SF Zoo.
|
we need sfist to stalk them at the hospital till we get the truth. nobody else can be trusted in the media.
please help us oh great ones.
we need sfist to stalk them at the hospital till we get the truth. nobody else can be trusted in the media.
please help us oh great ones.
So, the brothers asked no photos be taken of them upon release from SFGH?
I hope the media are there in force at all exits, and that good footage is taken. I also hope their house is surrounded by CNN 24x7.
Telling each other "not to say anything to anyone"
pretty much cinches the "did they taunt" the cat factor for me.
And the "is our car OK" remark is a prime example of how selfish and fucked up so many people in their age group are.
Me me me. Me me me.
The two brothers don't want to talk and tell the truth, because they know the truth will hurt their chances of scamming the zoo for a lot of money! As soon as it comes out that they teased and tormented that poor tiger, they lose their innocent victim/ money grabbing status! It is a shame that these three boys' poor behavior has robbed the world of a rare tiger, will further rob the zoo of money that should take care of the endangered animals, and will possibly rob the entire area of a zoo if it closes down. Humans are truly the most cruel and destructive creature on the face of the earth!
"'Telling each other "not to say anything to anyone'" pretty much cinches the "did they taunt" the cat factor for me."
That's exactly the point I was trying to make when commenting on a previous post.
our stupidvisors are the only ones that will shut down the zoo. make sure you tell them you will not stand for that crap.
Looks like we're going to have a real-world example of the Prisoner's Dilemma soon.
BTW- if it is shown that the two did taunt the kitty, are they to be charged with manslaughter for the death of their friend?
What about animal cruelty charges and death of a member of a nearly extinct species?
Brock-
Pls call the ist helpless IT support desk. Every posting I've done today comes back with "server errors" but the stuff still posts.
Did you spill eggnog on your Cisco router again?
that wasn't nog he spilled on it
;)
Honestly, I could care less if they taunted the tigers or not. The boys were being, well, boys - and the tiger was being a tiger. The fault lies on those in charge of proper zoo procedures and making sure the animals do not escape from their enclosures. Remember that you were a kid once and taunted animals at zoos before you climbed up on your pedestals.
I wish people would stop referring to these three guys as "boys" or "kids". Two of them were 19 (or 18, depending on reports) and 23, which by law makes them adults. I suppose that the 17 year old could be a considered a "boy" or "kid", though at that age, don't most teens prefer "young man"? "Boys will be boys" or simply being male are not legitimate excuses for bad behavior.
Since I have never taunted an animal, at a zoo or otherwise, I guess I will stay comfortably perched on my pedestal. I did once tell off a classmate for taunting a gorilla during a high school field trip to the zoo. Damn, I wish that gorilla would have nailed that classmate with the feces it was trying to throw across the moat.
Excuse me, yl, but I most certainly did NOT taunt animals in the zoo when I was a kid. Nor did my brother. Nor does my son. Some kids are taught to respect and love animals. You should not make blanket assumptions. Not every kid is a rotten little bastard.
And it's could "not" care less, by the way.
"Some kids are taught to respect and love animals. You should not make blanket assumptions. Not every kid is a rotten little bastard."
Seriously.
Remember that you were a kid once and taunted animals at zoos before you climbed up on your pedestals.
Yes indeed, I was a kid once. A kid who taunted chimps at the Oakland Zoo in the fourth or fifth grade and was taken into the ranger's office almost before we started, staying until the teacher came and picked us up.
My idea of what happened. They taunted the tiger knowing the tiger is piss off. They see the tiger walking back and forth pissed. They leave the area not know the tiger will jump out. Tiger somehow jumpo over that 12 feet wall and smell them out and attack them. Tiger goes, what the hell I got those 2 bastard im out attack another one. Total people attack equal 3. hahaaa... crazy idea but this was probably what happen. Those 2 guys probably sueing just to get money but they know what they did.