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Speculations are being thrown around that Tatiana the tiger was "underfed," possibly urging her to go on a fatal eating binge last Christmas. It seems that when Tatiana arrived at the SF Zoo in December 2005, she came in at a normal 292 pounds. But when she was killed by the SFPD last December, she weighed in at a pin-thin 242 pounds. (No word yet as to whether or not she was cutting herself as well.) Some "experts outside the zoo" are wondering if she was getting enough to eat, which might have prompted the tiger to mistake Carlos Sousa Jr. and the brothers Dhaliwal as big, imaginary mutton chops.
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That still doesn't cover-up the fact that the zoo's wall height was still under the "national standard."
Tatiana was a Marina Girl. I knew it.
It's OK. Tatiana was just going to go the back of her cage and purge later. Look for signs of acid decay around her teeth.
Sounds like charges against the Dhaliwals are percolating.
Recently I read that in preserves in India, it's well known that tigers have absolutely no patience for inebriated humans. Given the opportunity, they will often attack and sometimes kill them.
Based on observed cougar behavior in the Marina, I think that sounds quite plausible.
A reader at my blog makes a very good point: If the tiger was hungry, wouldn't she have feasted on her victims? There was no human bits in her stomach post-mortem.
clearly she had an eating disorder.
Tatiana was a tiger, not a cougar.
They need to shut that shitbox zoo down pronto. This whole story makes me sick.
Tatiana was probably hungry AND fucking annoyed. Sorry that kitty had to die.