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THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 26, 2009
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NEWS ABOUT: San Francisco Zoo

San Francisco Zoo stories: 22 news summaries

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(Newser) - A male penguin couple that raised a hatchling at the San Francisco Zoo has been split up by the attentions of the amorous widow Linda, UPI reports. Magellanic penguin Harry was apparently smitten by the lovesick female, and he deserted Pepper, his partner of six years. Linda has "her... More »

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SF Asks Tiger Victim to Reimburse City

City aims to recover costs of medical care from any settlement from victim's lawsuit

Jan 3, 09 3:37 AM CST
(Newser) - City officials are seeking more than $75,000 in reimbursements from a man mauled by an escaped tiger at the San Francisco Zoo last year, the San Francisco Chronicle reports. The man and his brother are suing the city over the Christmas Day 2007 attack. The motion from the city... More »

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San Francisco • lawsuit • medical bills • San Francisco Zoo • tiger mauling • tiger • Paul Dhaliwal • Kulbir Dhaliwal • tiger attack

 SF Statue Honors 
 Killer Zoo Tiger 

'I felt sorry for the sordid and needless way she died,' man says of Tatiana

Dec 26, 08 6:23 PM CST
(Newser) - A San Francisco artist has commemorated the tiger who fatally mauled a teenager at the city’s zoo last Christmas with a statue, the Chronicle reports. “I wanted to do something to commemorate the life and death of this beautiful creature,” Jon Engdahl, 48, said of Tatiana, who... More »

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Tiger Victims File Claims Against San Francisco

Pair requests compensation in wake of Christmas attack at zoo

Mar 28, 08 6:24 PM CDT
(Newser) - Paul and Kulbir Dhaliwal, the brothers attacked by a tiger Christmas Day at the San Francisco Zoo, filed claims yesterday against the city for damages, the San Francisco Chronicle reports. They are requesting an unspecified amount, claiming they suffered physical and emotional trauma in the attack, which took the life... More »

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lawsuit • defamation • negligence • San Francisco Zoo • tiger mauling • Paul Dhaliwal • Kulbir Dhaliwal • tiger attack

 Report Rips Zoo in Tiger Attack

Facility was understaffed and unprepared for emergency

Mar 19, 08 7:37 AM CDT
(Newser) - When a 243-pound tiger escaped its pen and began mauling Christmas Day visitors, the San Francisco Zoo was painfully understaffed and ill-equipped to respond to the emergency, according to a new report. "The zoo is too often chasing problems," concluded the independent Association of Zoos and Aquariums of... More »

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911 call • animal attack • zookeeper • tigers • Tatiana • San Francisco Zoo • Paul Dhaliwal • Kulbir Dhaliwal • tiger attack • Christmas Day • visitors • Carlos Sousa Jr • tiger grotto

Big Cats Are Back at SF Zoo

Lions, tigers return to outdoor grottoes after fatal Christmas attack

Feb 21, 08 5:55 PM CST
(Newser) - Seven tigers and lions are back in their outdoor grottoes at the San Francisco Zoo for the first time since a Siberian tiger killed a man on Christmas Day. The pens got a $1.7 million security upgrade after Tatiana escaped and attacked three people. Officials said the enclosure's front... More »

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Tiger Attack
Probe
Suspended

SF police find no conclusive evidence of wrongdoing by victims

Jan 30, 08 10:32 AM CST
(Newser) - The investigation into last month's attack at the San Francisco Zoo has found no conclusive evidence that the victims committed a crime in taunting Tatiana the tiger, and police have suspended the case, reports the San Francisco Chronicle. The probe had been focusing on cell phone records and car contents... More »

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Tiger Attack Survivor Taunted Animal

Brothers deny throwing things, may face misdemeanor charges

Jan 18, 08 1:20 PM CST
(Newser) - One of the two brothers who survived a tiger attack at the San Francisco Zoo told the father of the teen who died that all three had yelled and waved at the animal before the mauling, reports the San Francisco Chronicle. The investigation had been inactive, but new police... More »

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911 Calls
Reveal Terror
of Tiger Attack

"How long does it take?" victim pleads
to dispatcher

Jan 15, 08 6:30 PM CST
(Newser) - Police today released 911 transcripts related to the recent tiger attack at the San Francisco Zoo that reveal the terror and frustration of a young man frantic to get help for his injured brother, the San Francisco Chronicle reports. "How long does it take?" pleaded Kulbir Dhaliwal. The dispatcher... More »

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Near-Escapes Plague SF Zoo

Polar bear, snow leopard nearly got out since fatal mauling

Jan 12, 08 10:11 AM CST
(Newser) - Two animals have nearly escaped from enclosures at the San Francisco Zoo since a fatal mauling Dec. 25, the Chronicle reports. A 600-pound polar bear—whose movements are so unpredictable it's kept away from the zoo's other polar bears—tried to scale an enclosure wall Jan. 3; a 100-pound snow... More »

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Emotional Funeral for SF Tiger Victim

Survivor brothers embrace parents
of dead teen

Jan 9, 08 3:00 AM CST
(Newser) - Two survivors of a Christmas Day tiger attack at the San Francisco Zoo that killed their friend yesterday embraced the distraught parents of the fallen teen at his emotional funeral. "There's a lot of anger inside," said a pal of 17-year-old Carlos Sousa Jr., who was laid to... More »

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Lawyer: Tiger Area Couldn't Hold a Tabby

Mauled brothers' rep has claws out for
San Francisco Zoo

Jan 8, 08 10:20 AM CST
(Newser) - The lawyer for two brothers mauled in the Christmas Day tiger attack at the San Francisco Zoo has gone on the attack, the Chronicle reports. Mark Geragos yesterday slammed the zoo's "character assassination" of the brothers, claiming an employee warned the zoo that the moat around the tiger grotto... More »

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SF Tiger Attack Survivors Made Silence Pact

Brothers vowed in ambulance not to talk
to police, report says

Jan 5, 08 9:14 AM CST
(Newser) - In the ambulance to the hospital just after a tiger mauled 17-year-old Carlos Sousa Jr. to death, paramedics heard Sousa's two friends make a pact of silence about "what we did," the San Francisco Chronicle reports. The two brothers, accused by one witness of taunting the tiger before... More »

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SF Cops Examine Rock, Branch in Tiger Taunt Probe

Witness reports seeing two victims harassing lions

Jan 3, 08 5:03 AM CST
(Newser) - Police are examining a large rock and tree branch found inside a tiger enclosure at  the San Francisco Zoo to determine if they may have been part of an attack or taunting of the animal that leaped out to kill a teenager last month, reports CNN. A witness reported seeing... More »

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Tiger Survivors' Lawyer Ready
to Pounce

Hotshot attorney
Mark Geragos slams 'deficient' SF Zoo

Jan 2, 08 4:05 AM CST
(Newser) - Two brothers who survived an attack from an escaped tiger at San Francisco Zoo have hired hotshot lawyer Mark Geragos, ABC News reports. Geragos, whose high-profile clients have included Michael Jackson and wife-killer Scott Peterson, seems to be getting ready to give the zoo a mauling with a major lawsuit.... More »

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SF Zoo Boss
Comes
Under Fire

Ignores staff expertise, animal welfare,
say workers

Dec 31, 07 5:02 AM CST
(Newser) - The tiger escape that resulted in the death of a teenage boy at the San Francisco Zoo on Christmas Day has unleashed a rash of staff complaints about long-term mismanagement of the institution by director Manuel Mollinedo, reports the San Francisco Chronicle. Employees are leaving in droves, animals are dying,... More »

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Police Logs Detail Chaotic Response to Escaped Tiger

Skeptical first report slowed response

Dec 29, 07 10:30 AM CST
(Newser) - The first chaotic hour after an escaped tiger at the San Francisco Zoo killed a 17-year-old man on Christmas is revealed in riveting detail in the transcript of the police log released by authorities yesterday. The report shows that zoo employees first thought the injured man who reported the escaped... More »

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Tiger Victim Died Trying to Aid Friend

Details emerge on Christmas mauling death, injuries

Dec 29, 07 7:00 AM CST
(Newser) - Carlos Sousa Jr., the 17-year-old killed by the escaped tiger at the San Francisco Zoo on Christmas, was not the tiger's first victim, the AP reports, as new details emerge in the mauling. Tatiana, the 350-pound Siberian tiger, first attacked one of his two friends, and Sousa and the friend's... More »

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Tiger's Wall Lower Than National Standard

But how she jumped it is beyond me: zoo chief

Dec 28, 07 4:24 AM CST
(Newser) - A San Francisco Zoo wall apparently scaled by a Siberian tiger who subsequently killed a teenage park patron is four feet lower than national standards, reports the San Francisco Chronicle. The big cat, Tatiana, also mauled two of the victim's friends after her escape Christmas Day. Zoo officials initially reported... More »

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Zoo: Killer Tiger Was Provoked

Shoe, blood by fence indicate a visitor may have dangled leg

Dec 27, 07 11:18 AM CST
(Newser) - The victims of the Christmas Day tiger mauling may have tried to climb into the animal’s enclosure, the San Francisco Chronicle reports. Police have found a shoe and blood near the cage moat, and a footprint on the fence. “Somebody really agitated her and gave her some... More »

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animal attack • tigers • Tatiana • San Francisco Zoo • Siberian tiger • tiger mauling • Carlos Sousa Jr

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