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Tiger Kills Lion in Zoo

Rob Quinn — Tue, 08 Mar 2011 01:56:41 CST

Who's the king of the jungle? An old question about inter-species conflict has, unfortunately, been answered. A tiger killed a lion at a zoo in Turkey after finding a gap in the fence that separated them, the BBC reports. Zoo officials say the tiger killed the lion by severing its...

Tiger Fought Off With Soup Ladle

Rob Quinn — Tue, 15 Feb 2011 03:02:50 CST

A Malaysian man survived a tiger attack after his wife bashed the animal with a wooden soup ladle. The man was hunting squirrels near his home in a jungle settlement in northern Malaysia when the tiger attacked, the BBC reports. The man, who was badly lacerated and is recovering in...

SF Asks Tiger Victim to Reimburse City

Rob Quinn — Sat, 03 Jan 2009 03:37:00 CST

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...

Tiger Victims File Claims Against San Francisco

Nick McMaster — Fri, 28 Mar 2008 18:24:03 CDT

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...

Tiger Attack Probe Suspended

Katherine Thompson — Wed, 30 Jan 2008 10:32:54 CST

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...

Tiger Attack Survivor Taunted Animal

Jonas Oransky — Fri, 18 Jan 2008 13:20:00 CST

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...

911 Calls Reveal Terror of Tiger Attack

Nick McMaster — Tue, 15 Jan 2008 18:30:00 CST

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...

Emotional Funeral for SF Tiger Victim

Colleen Barry — Wed, 09 Jan 2008 03:00:00 CST

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...

Lawyer: Tiger Area Couldn't Hold a Tabby

Rob Quinn — Tue, 08 Jan 2008 10:20:00 CST

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...