Killer tiger put down

[micfranklin]

SAN FRANCISCO, California (CNN) -- Investigators on Wednesday will try to determine how a Siberian tiger escaped from her enclosure at the San Francisco Zoo the day before, killing one zoo visitor and mauling two others.

Authorities planned a thorough sweep of the grounds to look for clues they may have missed in the dark Tuesday evening, according to The Associated Press.

Police shot and killed the tiger, San Francisco Fire Department Lt. Mindy Talmadge said. The surviving victims were transported to San Francisco General Hospital, she said.

Dr. Eric Isaacs said the two injured men, ages 19 and 23, were in serious but stable condition with multiple lacerations.

http://www.cnn.com/2007/US/12/26/tiger.attack/index.html?eref=rss_topstories

This has been year of really really insane things but obviously it wasn't complete without an escaped zoo animal. Glad the situation was solved but it's kinda sad that another (already endangered) animal is taken out:shame:

[Keith Hamburger]

One day Confucius and his students were walking through the forest and came upon a woman weeping bitterly by an open grave. One student asked why she was crying, and she said, "First, my husband's father was killed here by a tiger. Then the tigers ate my husband. Now they have eaten my son." Confucius then asked the woman why she did not leave the forest, and she said, "Because there is no oppressive government here." Confucius then turned to his students and said, "Remember this: Oppressive government is more terrible than tigers."