SFist: Tiger Attack Update: You're Either In or Out

bluecanary

Thu, 17 Jan 2008 21:37:43 -0800

And I echo suckafree's comments wholeheartedly. A person who taunts/torments a caged animal is a waste of humanity. Period.

bluecanary

Thu, 17 Jan 2008 21:34:58 -0800

I think it was "don't TASTE me, bro!" Thank you, I'll be here all week, don't forget to tip your waitstaff.

jacksevanroo

Thu, 17 Jan 2008 17:28:31 -0800

Right on Brock. Thundercats, HOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!

RinconHillSF

Thu, 17 Jan 2008 16:12:35 -0800

I still can't say I blame the folks inside the concession stand for opening the door to help those teens out - these kids grew up and often imitate the Punk'd and JackAss entertainment they watch, and I'd want to make sure I was safe first and foremost before opening the door to some screaming anybody.

rageahol

Thu, 17 Jan 2008 15:36:15 -0800

while i have been known to occasionally call people nasty names, i cant ever recall wishing bodily harm on someone in this forum. try another excuse.

suckafree

Thu, 17 Jan 2008 15:17:51 -0800

i'm just trying to be like you, master! ;)

rageahol

Thu, 17 Jan 2008 15:02:45 -0800

suckafree, did you forget to take your blood pressure medication today or something? why do all the regular commenters seem to be bitchy, hateful, vengeful little turds?

pantsgolem

Thu, 17 Jan 2008 14:54:02 -0800

Yeah, it might not matter if they were only throwing shit at her, but the second they climbed over the fence, they lost their right to expect protection. It doesn't matter if they actually assisted her escape in any way; the fence was there for a reason, to explicitly mark the border between "you have a reasonable expectation of not getting killed here" and "abandon hope all ye who enter." They willfully disregarded their part of the safety guarantee, so they bear full responsibility for the consequences. And really, I have a hard time believing that this is the first time people have thrown things at the tigers, or even this particular tiger. Yet never before has one of them escaped.

suckafree

Thu, 17 Jan 2008 14:07:58 -0800

you aren't paying attention. a bloody shoe, blood, a footprint were all found inside the pen or on the other side of the railing that you'd have to jump over. am i saying that they helped her jump out, yes! probably inadvertently but i'm guessing that the hoodrats were hanging one of their homies over the wall and into the pen after having pelted her with all kinds of shit to get her going. she then jumped the wall with all her might, grabbed onto one of these hoodlums leg that was dangling and leaped out and over him. then they were fucked! i just wish she had a chance to kill them all, then jump back in so nobody could prove it was her. such a waste!

cablecarsam

Thu, 17 Jan 2008 14:06:32 -0800

Sounds like they were trying to let Tatiana out. Hope they are charged with animal abuse and only get their medical bills covered. Come on Gloria Aldred we need you to defend Tatiana.

OrangeDrink

Thu, 17 Jan 2008 13:36:50 -0800

Are you calling her a "HOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!" ? (I always thought that was a weird intro)

Deborah

Thu, 17 Jan 2008 13:35:30 -0800

It totally matters! People need to learn that it is not okay to taunt or abuse animals whether they are in zoos, on the streets, or in peoples' homes. If only David Huckabee had been at the zoo on the same day.... I'm just saying.

Brock Keeling

Thu, 17 Jan 2008 13:28:35 -0800

me, i'm suggesting that the tatiana is, in fact, a thunder cat. i see no other way around it.

atthebeach

Thu, 17 Jan 2008 13:26:31 -0800

The point is that the railings were not 50 feet from the tiger on December 25. Are you suggesting that the victims somehow helped the tiger to leap out? Not even Sam Singer has said that a ladder or ramp has been found.

suckafree

Thu, 17 Jan 2008 13:17:57 -0800

watch geragos claim that tatiana leeped out unprovoked, snatched carlos souza's shoe and leaped back in. hilarious! at the beach, what's your point. those railings are 50 feet from the animals on any given day and well beyond anywhere an animal could leap. read the story!

suckafree

Thu, 17 Jan 2008 13:15:55 -0800

that is awesome! fry those fucking worthless excuse for indian americans they are the shame of an entire race of people

Brock Keeling

Thu, 17 Jan 2008 13:07:00 -0800

(dammit, rageahol. now i have to go watch taser footage. really, i'm trying to get off of the stuff.) agreed. now that i think about it more, whether or not she was taunted seems like it should be a worthless point in this case.

DJTennessee

Thu, 17 Jan 2008 13:04:36 -0800

I understand that Ice-T and Richard Belzer do detective work these days...

rageahol

Thu, 17 Jan 2008 13:03:32 -0800

DONT TEASE ME, BRO!* *yes, animal taunting is a fact of life in zoos, and if tatiana was teased, that does not mitigate the zoo's lack of responsibility to keep its patrons safe. when you privatize shit to "reduce costs" you very often wind up reducing safety and accountability.

atthebeach

Thu, 17 Jan 2008 12:57:11 -0800

This can't be newly discovered evidence. Sam Singer is working very hard to earn his money - trying to mitigate public reaction to the 911 transcripts that show the zoo didn't have a clue how to respond in an emergency. Parents are always picking up their little kids and propping them on top of exhibit railings. If the tiger had gotten one of them, would that also have been provocation?