Tuesday, December 25, 2007

Prayers for the person killed and two injured

A tiger escaped and killed a patron. Here's the latest information about it at that link:

http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2007/12/25/BA0LU4M2T.DTL&tsp=1

(12-25) 18:34 PST San Francisco - -- One San Francisco Zoo visitor was killed and two others injured early this evening after a tiger escaped from its cage.
The tiger that got loose was fatally shot while it was attacking a patron, said San Francisco Fire Department spokesman Lt. Ken Smith.
The attack happened shortly after the zoo's 5 p.m. closing time at a cafe on the east end of the zoo, officials said. The tiger cages are located near the center of the zoo.


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This is a year after a tiger killed a keeper who was like leaning on the cage or something like that and the zoo was found negligent. If you read this article you'll find that at one point it was possible that ALL FOUR tigers had gotten out.

Having expressed sympathy for the victims, now I must ask.

Do the zoo keepers have too much vaseline and KY gel on their hands to properly lock up the tigers?

Did that 60's song really go:

If you go to San Fran sicko
Be sure to wear some ketsup in your hair
If you go to San Fran sicko
You're going to meet some hungry tigers there...

I hope the zoo patron was not one of the ten righteous people still remaining in SF.