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Feb 21, 2008 10:00 am US/Pacific

Big Cat Exhibit Reopens After Fatal Tiger Mauling

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) ― The big cat exhibit at the San Francisco Zoo has reopened for the first time since a tiger escaped and fatally mauled a teen.

It's been about two months since the attack.

Visitors to the zoo are once again able to watch the tigers and lions in their enclosure. But the big cat grotto now has higher walls and glass barriers with electrified wires that are supposed to prevent another animal escape.

Before the improvements, the walls were about 4 feet lower than national guidelines recommend. The zoo also added warning signs and surveillance cameras around the exhibit.

One boy was killed in the Christmas Day attack and another boy and a man were injured. Zoo officials say the Siberian tiger climbed or jumped over the wall surrounding its pen.


(© 2009 The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.)

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