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So you want the latest gossip, newsies?
Well, the two brothers who got bitten have left the hospital on foot. There's footage of that, so it appears to be fact. Reportedly they "do not cooperate well" with the police by not really answering questions about what happened. They also have refused to talk to the parents of their dead friend. Probably the two brothers are waiting for their lawyers to advise them how to make the most of this whole mess.
The official police report was shown partially, and edited for spelling (I kid you not!), and read on the evening news two nights ago. Apparently someone called the police because he himself had been bitten by a tiger. That must have been one of the two brothers, but that's never been said or confirmed. The cops showed up at the zoo, but zoo security at first didn't let the cops enter the zoo. I don't know if that's what the police claim. On a taped walkie-talkie conversation zoo security can be heard dismissing the claim of a tiger being loose on the zoo grounds as being "800" (= crazy talk). Eventually the cops were let into the zoo, apparently after zoo security found one victim sitting next to the coffee shop with a the 300 pound tiger sitting next to him.
It was also mentioned that the few, around 20 visitors, who were at this time still in the zoo, were not told about at least one predator being on the loose. One family with two kids showed receipts from the coffee shop and from the gift shop way way after between 5 pm and almost 5:30 pm. They noticed police presence in the parking lot and overhead that a large cat or several large cats had gotten out.
It was reported (unconfirmed, naturally) that the tiger keeper decided to enter the tiger pen to check how many tigers actually were missing, but cops forbit it. When the keeper went ahead anyway the cops had to wrestle the keeper and drag him out of the tiger pen.
The whole zoo, was pretty dark, since there were no lights installed besides the normal zoo illumination. Firefighters with ladders and searchlights had to be brought in.
PS: As for the tiger scaling the wall and getting onto the lion house roof, it's not possible due to an overhanging roof, if I remember the outdoor enclosure correctly.
As for the moat and wall, as a visitor, you can't get close enough to the edge of the wall to gauge how tall the wall is. Whenever I visit that zoo, which is about every other month, the lions and tigers are lying around outside. Rarely does one stand up and move about. Of course, I'm usually there shortly after the indoor feeding, when the cats go outside and are sleepy.
Well, the two brothers who got bitten have left the hospital on foot. There's footage of that, so it appears to be fact. Reportedly they "do not cooperate well" with the police by not really answering questions about what happened. They also have refused to talk to the parents of their dead friend. Probably the two brothers are waiting for their lawyers to advise them how to make the most of this whole mess.
The official police report was shown partially, and edited for spelling (I kid you not!), and read on the evening news two nights ago. Apparently someone called the police because he himself had been bitten by a tiger. That must have been one of the two brothers, but that's never been said or confirmed. The cops showed up at the zoo, but zoo security at first didn't let the cops enter the zoo. I don't know if that's what the police claim. On a taped walkie-talkie conversation zoo security can be heard dismissing the claim of a tiger being loose on the zoo grounds as being "800" (= crazy talk). Eventually the cops were let into the zoo, apparently after zoo security found one victim sitting next to the coffee shop with a the 300 pound tiger sitting next to him.
It was also mentioned that the few, around 20 visitors, who were at this time still in the zoo, were not told about at least one predator being on the loose. One family with two kids showed receipts from the coffee shop and from the gift shop way way after between 5 pm and almost 5:30 pm. They noticed police presence in the parking lot and overhead that a large cat or several large cats had gotten out.
It was reported (unconfirmed, naturally) that the tiger keeper decided to enter the tiger pen to check how many tigers actually were missing, but cops forbit it. When the keeper went ahead anyway the cops had to wrestle the keeper and drag him out of the tiger pen.
The whole zoo, was pretty dark, since there were no lights installed besides the normal zoo illumination. Firefighters with ladders and searchlights had to be brought in.
PS: As for the tiger scaling the wall and getting onto the lion house roof, it's not possible due to an overhanging roof, if I remember the outdoor enclosure correctly.
As for the moat and wall, as a visitor, you can't get close enough to the edge of the wall to gauge how tall the wall is. Whenever I visit that zoo, which is about every other month, the lions and tigers are lying around outside. Rarely does one stand up and move about. Of course, I'm usually there shortly after the indoor feeding, when the cats go outside and are sleepy.
