Jan 17, 2008 11:23 am US/Pacific
New Evidence Suggests SF Zoo Tiger Provoked
SAN FRANCISCO (CBS 5 / KCBS) ―
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Tatiana the San Francisco Zoo tiger involved in the Dec. 25th. incident.
SF Zoo
There is more evidence that suggests a tiger at the San Francisco Zoo may have been provoked before it escaped its enclosure and attacked three people, killing a San Jose teenager and injuring his two friends on Christmas Day, a source involved in the investigation said Thursday.
The source told KCBS Radio that a significant amount of blood was found on an exhibit sign inside the tiger enclosure, a foot and a half from the public railing. The blood on the sign indicates someone may have climbed the railing and was attacked while standing in the planted area between the moat and the railing.
The source also said a footprint found on top of the three-foot high railing was located on a portion of the railing across from the sign.
Zoo spokesman Sam Singer confirmed those details. He added that blood was also found on some foliage within the tiger enclosure near the sign.
Singer said he did not know if the blood had been tested or who it came from. San Francisco police would not comment Thursday on the blood or footprint evidence.
Attorneys for Khulbir and Paul Dhaliwal, the two brothers who survived the attack, deny they entered the enclosure or provoked or taunted the tiger. Their friend, 17-year-old Carlos Sousa, was killed by the tiger.
Sousa's mother has previously said that one of the brothers told her they were walking and talking outside the exhibit when the tiger jumped out and attacked them.
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