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March 2008
- German Boars Run Wild
  
  Der Spiegel | Mar 17, 08 4:25 PM CDT
  
  (Newser) - Wild boars wreaked havoc in a German town this weekend, attempting to shop for hardware, go to church, and do some gardening, Der Spiegel reports. One of the beasts, acting like "an elephant in a porcelain store," was eventually cornered at the checkout of the home-improvement center, police said. They shot that boar, and the others escaped to the wild. More »
February 2008
- Big Cats Are Back at SF Zoo
  
  San Jose Mercury News | 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 wall is now 19 feet high, 3 better than national standards. More »
- Siegfried & Roy Plan Comeback
  
  Der Spiegel | Feb 12, 08 11:05 AM CST
  
  (Newser) - A tiger mauling has kept them offstage for over 4 years, but Siegfried & Roy aren’t letting it end their careers. Next February they’ll perform a one-night-only special for charity, reports Der Spiegel, and their publicist says he’d be “very surprised if animals were not part of the performance.” More »
- Philly HS Turns Into Cluck U.
  
  Philadelphia Inquirer | Feb 11, 08 2:30 PM CST
  
  (Newser) - Dozens of chickens making themselves at home in the halls of a Philadelphia high school forced it to close for the day, the Inquirer reports. Staff members arriving for work this morning were greeted by the birds, which apparently were set free last night. "They let them loose and spread chicken feed all over the place to keep them fat and happy, I guess," says a district spokesman. "They've created quite a mess." More »
January 2008
- Tiger Attack Probe Suspended
  
  San Francisco Chronicle | 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 of Paul and Kulbir Dhaliwal, friends of the boy who was killed by Tatiana. More »
- Tiger Attack Survivor Taunted Animal
  
  San Francisco Chronicle | 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 searches of the victims’ car and phones indicate that the men may be charged with taunting, a misdemeanor. More »
- 911 Calls Reveal Terror of Tiger Attack
  
  San Francisco Chronicle | 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 repeatedly tells him that paramedics can't enter the zoo with the tiger still loose. More »
- Near-Escapes Plague SF Zoo
  
  San Francisco Chronicle | 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 leopard got a paw and part of its head out of a mesh cage yesterday. More »
- Emotional Funeral for SF Tiger Victim
  
  San Francisco Chronicle | 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 rest in an Oakland Raiders jersey. More »
- Lawyer: Tiger Area Couldn't Hold a Tabby
  
  San Francisco Chronicle | 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 "couldn't hold a house cat." More »
- Rangers Kill Taunted Tusker
  
  Associated Press | Jan 8, 08 3:25 AM CST
  
  (Newser) - Tusker, a 50-year-old bull elephant, was an old favorite at a safari park in Zimbabwe, but rangers shot him dead after he trampled several cars at a rowdy New Year's Eve party where the animal was taunted. Witnesses say that drunken partygoers teased Tusker by flashing car lights, lighting fireworks, throwing bottles and even slapping his rump, AP reports. More »
- SF Tiger Attack Survivors Made Silence Pact
  
  San Francisco Chronicle | 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 the attack, have since refused to let police search their car, cell phone records, and photos. More »
- SF Cops Examine Rock, Branch in Tiger Taunt Probe
  
  CNN | 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 two victims who survived the tiger attack harassing lions at the zoo earlier in the day, according to the San Francisco Chronicle . More »
- Tiger Survivors' Lawyer Ready to Pounce
  
  ABC News | 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. "There are some very disturbing facts yet to come out," he said. More »
December 2007
- SF Zoo Boss Comes Under Fire
  
  San Francisco Chronicle | 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, and zookeepers are being injured by their charges, workers point out. More »
- Police Logs Detail Chaotic Response to Escaped Tiger
  
  San Francisco Chronicle | 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 Siberian tiger was crazy, the San Francisco Chronicle reports, perhaps slowing the urgency of the police response. More »
- Tiger Victim Died Trying to Aid Friend
  
  Associated Press | 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 younger brother yelled to attempt to distract him, police said after interviewing the surviving boys. More »
- Tiger's Wall Lower Than National Standard
  
  San Francisco Chronicle | 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 that the wall surrounding the moat and tiger area was at least 20 feet high, but new measurements put it at about 12.5 feet high. More »
- Zoo: Killer Tiger Was Provoked
  
  San Francisco Chronicle | 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 method to break out,” the zoo’s director said of Tatiana, the 4-year-old Siberian tiger who was shot and killed after the attack. More »