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| US tiger death zoo a crime scene |
| The American zoo where a tiger killed one man and injured two on Christmas Day has been declared a crime scene.
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| UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
, 27-December-2007
23:57:28 PM |
| Police in San Francisco are now said to be investigating the possibility that the victims taunted the tiger, or even helped it escape from its enclosure.
The San Francisco Chronicle says blood and a shoe were found near a moat which separated the tiger from the public.
The 300lb (136kg) animal, named Tatiana, was shot dead as she loomed over one of the injured men.
Zoo officials say they are baffled as to how the Siberian tiger got out of her enclosure, which is surrounded by a 15ft (4.5m) wide moat and a 20ft (6m) high wall.
They say the gate to the enclosure was closed, and zoo director Manuel Mollinedo says the tiger may have been provoked.
"Somebody created a situation that really agitated her and gave her some sort of a method to break out," he said.
The zoo itself will be remaining closed on Thursday as police continue their investigation.
The body of the dead man, Carlos Sousa, 17, from San Jose, was found with a gaping throat wound outside the tiger's enclosure.
His two friends, whose names have not yet been made public, were found badly injured 300m away.
Police believe the tiger followed the trail of blood they left and was preparing to attack one of them again when police shot her dead.
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