# Escaped Tiger in San Francisco **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [December 26, 2007, 3:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/escaped-tiger-in-san-francisco/431255 "2007-12-26T03:48:26Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Siam\_Sam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/d78d45/32.png) [@Siam\_Sam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Siam_Sam)\ **Post date:** [December 26, 2007, 3:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/escaped-tiger-in-san-francisco/431255/1 "2007-12-26T03:48:26Z")
Story [here](http://edition.cnn.com/2007/US/12/25/tiger.attack/index.html). One dead, two injured. See? You don’t have to come all the way over here to Thailand to get eaten by a tiger. ---
**Author:** ![Q.E.D](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/51bf81/32.png) [@Q.E.D](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Q.E.D)\ **Post date:** [December 26, 2007, 3:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/escaped-tiger-in-san-francisco/431255/2 "2007-12-26T03:53:57Z")
> [@](#): > > “Apparently, right around closing time – there was a pen with four tigers in it – one of the tigers got out,” Talmadge said. “The tiger went into a cafe at the zoo and attacked a patron…” Did he leave a good tip? ---
**Author:** ![Pullet](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/edb3f5/32.png) [@Pullet](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pullet)\ **Post date:** [December 26, 2007, 3:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/escaped-tiger-in-san-francisco/431255/3 "2007-12-26T03:56:47Z")
How the hell did you find out about something from half way around the globe before me, who works in the field under discussion and lives not 80 miles from the incident?? Witchcraft, says I. ---
**Author:** ![Wile\_E](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/c37758/32.png) [@Wile\_E](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wile_E)\ **Post date:** [December 26, 2007, 4:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/escaped-tiger-in-san-francisco/431255/4 "2007-12-26T04:10:01Z")
This is just a sad story all around. How does a tiger just walk out of its enclosure and enter an area with zoo visitors? The patrons at the cafe certainly weren’t expecting tigers in the cafe. The tiger was doing what tigers will do. It was the responsibility of the zoo to make sure that the tigers don’t go anywhere near the patrons. Now a person is dead, the tiger is dead and two other people are seriously injured and could die. This will likely be the end of that zoo because of the impending lawsuits so many other animals are also now at risk. ---
**Author:** ![Siam\_Sam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/d78d45/32.png) [@Siam\_Sam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Siam_Sam)\ **Post date:** [December 26, 2007, 4:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/escaped-tiger-in-san-francisco/431255/5 "2007-12-26T04:35:09Z")
[QUOTE=Pullet] How the hell did you find out about something from half way around the globe before me, who works in the field under discussion and lives not 80 miles from the incident?? Witchcraft, says I. [/QUOTE] I subscribe to TigerNet. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Siam\_Sam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/d78d45/32.png) [@Siam\_Sam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Siam_Sam)\ **Post date:** [December 26, 2007, 4:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/escaped-tiger-in-san-francisco/431255/6 "2007-12-26T04:37:00Z")
[QUOTE=Wile E] This is just a sad story all around. How does a tiger just walk out of its enclosure and enter an area with zoo visitors? The patrons at the cafe certainly weren’t expecting tigers in the cafe. The tiger was doing what tigers will do. It was the responsibility of the zoo to make sure that the tigers don’t go anywhere near the patrons. Now a person is dead, the tiger is dead and two other people are seriously injured and could die. This will likely be the end of that zoo because of the impending lawsuits so many other animals are also now at risk. [/QUOTE] I’m listening to BBC Television, and they’re saying now that the tiger is Tanya, the same Siberian tiger that attacked a trainer one year ago. They’re also saying now that they believe no door was left open, but rather the tiger actually jumped a moat and then got over the fence somehow. ---
**Author:** ![Boyo\_Jim](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/87869e/32.png) [@Boyo\_Jim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Boyo_Jim)\ **Post date:** [December 26, 2007, 4:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/escaped-tiger-in-san-francisco/431255/7 "2007-12-26T04:37:31Z")
According to [a Reuters story updated within the hour,](http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20071226/us_nm/usa_tiger_dc_3) 4 tigers escaped. ---
**Author:** ![Siam\_Sam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/d78d45/32.png) [@Siam\_Sam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Siam_Sam)\ **Post date:** [December 26, 2007, 4:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/escaped-tiger-in-san-francisco/431255/8 "2007-12-26T04:39:52Z")
[QUOTE=Boyo Jim] According to [a Reuters story updated within the hour,](http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20071226/us_nm/usa_tiger_dc_3) 4 tigers escaped. [/QUOTE] They’re saying on BBC that officials were afraid other tigers had escaped but that they now know that’s not the case. ---
**Author:** ![Boyo\_Jim](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/87869e/32.png) [@Boyo\_Jim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Boyo_Jim)\ **Post date:** [December 26, 2007, 4:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/escaped-tiger-in-san-francisco/431255/9 "2007-12-26T04:41:54Z")
[QUOTE=Siam Sam] They’re saying on BBC that officials were afraid other tigers had escaped but that they now know that’s not the case. [/QUOTE] That’s interesting – if they were afraid the others had escaped, shouldn’t they have… looked? ---
**Author:** ![Siam\_Sam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/d78d45/32.png) [@Siam\_Sam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Siam_Sam)\ **Post date:** [December 26, 2007, 4:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/escaped-tiger-in-san-francisco/431255/10 "2007-12-26T04:47:49Z")
[QUOTE=Boyo Jim] That’s interesting – if they were afraid the others had escaped, shouldn’t they have… looked? [/QUOTE] I think they did. That’s how they know. 😃 It just took them awhile to shove someone out to go look. ---
**Author:** ![silenus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/silenus/32/166_2.png) [@silenus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silenus)\ **Post date:** [December 26, 2007, 4:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/escaped-tiger-in-san-francisco/431255/11 "2007-12-26T04:49:17Z")
If I’ve said it once, I’ve said it a million times…the wrong pussy can kill you! ---
**Author:** ![Siam\_Sam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/d78d45/32.png) [@Siam\_Sam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Siam_Sam)\ **Post date:** [December 26, 2007, 4:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/escaped-tiger-in-san-francisco/431255/12 "2007-12-26T04:51:25Z")
[QUOTE=silenus] If I’ve said it once, I’ve said it a million times…the wrong pussy can kill you! [/QUOTE] Words to live by in Thailand! ---
**Author:** ![Boyo\_Jim](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/87869e/32.png) [@Boyo\_Jim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Boyo_Jim)\ **Post date:** [December 26, 2007, 4:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/escaped-tiger-in-san-francisco/431255/13 "2007-12-26T04:53:50Z")
If someone warns you, “That pussy has teeth”, BELIEVE IT! ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Post date:** [December 26, 2007, 5:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/escaped-tiger-in-san-francisco/431255/14 "2007-12-26T05:04:06Z")
What do you want for Christmas? Oh, I don’t know. As long as I’m not eaten by a tiger. D’OH! ---
**Author:** ![Boyo\_Jim](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/87869e/32.png) [@Boyo\_Jim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Boyo_Jim)\ **Post date:** [December 26, 2007, 5:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/escaped-tiger-in-san-francisco/431255/15 "2007-12-26T05:07:21Z")
What do you want for Christmas? Manburger Helper! ---
**Author:** ![OtakuLoki](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/ac8455/32.png) [@OtakuLoki](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OtakuLoki)\ **Post date:** [December 26, 2007, 5:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/escaped-tiger-in-san-francisco/431255/16 "2007-12-26T05:13:25Z")
Y’all are sick, sick bastards. And so’m I for grinning at that manburger helper crack. ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Post date:** [December 26, 2007, 5:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/escaped-tiger-in-san-francisco/431255/17 "2007-12-26T05:15:22Z")
Eulogy: The tiger was a great humanitarian. ---
**Author:** ![OtakuLoki](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/ac8455/32.png) [@OtakuLoki](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OtakuLoki)\ **Post date:** [December 26, 2007, 5:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/escaped-tiger-in-san-francisco/431255/18 "2007-12-26T05:18:56Z")
[QUOTE=Johnny L.A.] Eulogy: The tiger was a great humanitarian. [/QUOTE] Yes, the tiger took all peoples as they came. There was no discrimination in its heart for any strain of humanity. All people were equal in its eyes. And mouth. ---
**Author:** ![sugar\_and\_spice](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e8c25b/32.png) [@sugar\_and\_spice](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sugar_and_spice)\ **Post date:** [December 26, 2007, 5:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/escaped-tiger-in-san-francisco/431255/19 "2007-12-26T05:55:53Z")
Oops. When I saw the thread title I thought to myself, “Dopers are so welcoming! I hope **Escaped Tiger** enjoys his visit” ---
**Author:** ![Ruffian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/71e660/32.png) [@Ruffian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ruffian)\ **Post date:** [December 26, 2007, 6:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/escaped-tiger-in-san-francisco/431255/20 "2007-12-26T06:24:43Z")
[QUOTE=Johnny L.A.] What do you want for Christmas? Oh, I don’t know. As long as I’m not eaten by a tiger. D’OH! [/QUOTE] If our sleeping son wakes up because I can’t stop laughing at this, YOU are flying your sorry ass down here and rocking him back to sleep. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/escaped-tiger-in-san-francisco/431255.md?page=2)