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December 27, 2007

One killed, two mauled by animal at S.F. Zoo


The big cat exhibit at the San Francisco Zoo was cordoned off as a crime scene Wednesday as investigators tried to determine whether a Siberian tiger that killed a visitor escaped from its high-walled pen on its own or got help from someone, inadvertent or otherwise.

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The same tiger, a 4-year-old female named Tatiana, ripped the flesh off a zookeeper's arm just before Christmas a year ago while the woman fed the animal through the bars.

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Posted by sue at December 27, 2007 08:17 AM

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