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| Charges against Tatiana dismissed, red meat back on menu. |
| 2008-01-18 |
SAN FRANCISCO - One of the three victims of San Francisco Zoo tiger attack was intoxicated and admitted to yelling and waving at the animal while standing atop the railing of the big cat enclosure, police said in court documents filed Thursday. Paul Dhaliwal, 19, told the father of Carlos Sousa Jr., 17, who was killed, that the three yelled and waved at the tiger but insisted they never threw anything into its pen to provoke the cat, according to a search warrant affidavit obtained by the San Francisco Chronicle. "As a result of this investigation, (police believe) that the tiger may have been taunted/agitated by its eventual victims," according to Inspector Valerie Matthews, who prepared the affidavit. Police believe that "this factor contributed to the tiger escaping from its enclosure and attacking its victims," she said. |
| Posted by:Besoeker |
| #7 yeah i would say their son dying should be enough reparations |
| Posted by: sinse 2008-01-18 16:42 |
| #6 What the tiger heard: "MONKEY! FOOD! EAT ME!" |
| Posted by: mojo 2008-01-18 15:39 |
| #5 These two twits need to be shoveling elephant crap for the next twelve months in addition to any other criminal or civil penalties. |
| Posted by: Dar 2008-01-18 13:20 |
| #4 The Sousa family already paid. |
| Posted by: Gabby Cussworth 2008-01-18 12:49 |
| #3 Jungle Justice. Never pick a fight with a tiger. However I'm sad for Tatiana. Nothing can bring her back to life, but shouldn't these two miscreants and the Sousa family at least pay to replace her? |
| Posted by: GK 2008-01-18 12:03 |
| #2 Well, they found a large slingshot near one of them. There were rocks and debris inside the enclosure, but maybe it just dropped out of the sky. Cops now looking at cellphones, so they'll probably find herioc pictures or video of the "heroes" defying the tiger. |
| Posted by: Woozle Elmeter 2907 2008-01-18 10:36 |
| #1 Lesson One: Do Not Taunt the Tiger. |
| Posted by: tu3031 2008-01-18 09:51 |