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Herman Munster (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-27-07 08:41 PM Original message |
Zoo Director Says Tiger Wall Was Low, wall built in 1940 |
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skooooo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-27-07 08:49 PM Response to Original message |
1. 1940?!!!! |
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hedgehog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-27-07 09:08 PM Response to Reply #1 |
11. On the other hand, the wall was high enough for the last 67 years! nt |
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skooooo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-28-07 11:22 AM Response to Reply #11 |
51. Year 68... |
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Didereaux (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-27-07 09:09 PM Response to Reply #1 |
12. no crazier than you entering a bank built in 1920 or cros a bridge built in 1950! |
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Swamp Rat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-28-07 01:58 AM Response to Reply #12 |
43. I've crossed a 2000 year old bridge built by the Romans, |
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LisaL (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-28-07 02:05 AM Response to Reply #12 |
45. Well, just recently, there was a big bridge collapse. |
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uppityperson (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-28-07 02:08 AM Response to Reply #45 |
46. Must've been those Minnesotan kids, dangling their legs over the edge of the bridge. |
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flvegan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-27-07 08:51 PM Response to Original message |
2. SOMEbody is getting sued. |
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depakid (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-27-07 08:56 PM Response to Reply #2 |
4. Hopefully, the accrediting entity |
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flvegan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-27-07 08:58 PM Response to Reply #4 |
8. If the zoo director knew, though, that the wall was too low |
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depakid (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-27-07 09:39 PM Response to Reply #8 |
16. Looks like they both could be negligent in this case |
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LisaL (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-27-07 11:03 PM Response to Reply #4 |
26. Since Zoo was the owner of this animal, my bet it is going to be |
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TexasProgresive (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-27-07 08:55 PM Response to Original message |
3. The wall held tigers for 67 years and now one gets out-hmmm |
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dysfunctional press (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-27-07 10:54 PM Response to Reply #3 |
20. according to an above post, the enclosure had just been renovated... |
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bullwinkle428 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-27-07 08:56 PM Response to Original message |
5. How did she clear the 33-foot moat? |
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pitohui (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-27-07 08:58 PM Response to Reply #5 |
7. moats are not a barrier to tigers, they swim |
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MiniMe (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-27-07 10:43 PM Response to Reply #7 |
18. Yes, but the point behind the moat is that they can't jump from the moat |
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LisaL (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-27-07 10:56 PM Response to Reply #18 |
22. There was no water in the moat. Read the article. |
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MiniMe (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-28-07 01:50 AM Response to Reply #22 |
41. If there was no water in the moat they were stupid |
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AlGore-08.com (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-27-07 09:06 PM Response to Reply #5 |
10. Another article said the moat has never held water |
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dysfunctional press (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-27-07 10:58 PM Response to Reply #5 |
23. with a running start? |
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leftofthedial (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-27-07 08:57 PM Response to Original message |
6. all the big cats in San Francisco use steroids these days |
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The Velveteen Ocelot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-27-07 09:15 PM Response to Reply #6 |
15. This was a Siberian tiger, which are bigger than Bengals. |
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LisaL (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-27-07 11:07 PM Response to Reply #6 |
29. Yea, I suppose the siberian tiger could be considered |
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Hoof Hearted (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-27-07 09:02 PM Response to Original message |
9. Back when humans had the good sense not to stage and execute their own death by tiger |
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Didereaux (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-27-07 09:10 PM Response to Reply #9 |
13. Thank you! a ray of sanity! |
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LisaL (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-27-07 10:55 PM Response to Reply #9 |
21. It really doesn't matter how wide the moat was, because |
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dysfunctional press (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-27-07 11:01 PM Response to Reply #21 |
24. most moats around animal enclosures don't hold water. |
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LisaL (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-27-07 11:01 PM Response to Reply #24 |
25. What exactly would stop an animal from running across it? |
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dysfunctional press (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-27-07 11:06 PM Response to Reply #25 |
28. it's generally a pretty big drop-off, and once in, the animal isn't supposed to be able to get out.. |
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Hoof Hearted (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-27-07 11:12 PM Response to Reply #21 |
31. Fine. Leave the moat out of it. In over 60 years, no tiger breached the enclosure. |
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LisaL (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-27-07 11:14 PM Response to Reply #31 |
33. I don't know for how long this zoo had Siberian tigers, but they are |
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Hoof Hearted (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-27-07 11:31 PM Response to Reply #33 |
36. No, it would seem the keeper had a poor personal safety record. Since the systems in place |
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LisaL (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-27-07 11:40 PM Response to Reply #36 |
37. Why don't you research it ? |
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Hoof Hearted (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-28-07 12:02 AM Response to Reply #37 |
38. Oh. A whole entire 18 thousand dollars? Well then. The offense must have been |
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LisaL (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-28-07 12:07 AM Response to Reply #38 |
39. Hah? |
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Hoof Hearted (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-28-07 12:18 AM Response to Reply #39 |
40. If it makes it easier for you (and I'm sure it does) go ahead, but you're missing a few key concepts |
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LisaL (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-28-07 09:59 AM Response to Reply #40 |
49. You are obviously clueless about the situation with the keeper. |
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Hoof Hearted (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-29-07 02:53 AM Response to Reply #49 |
52. You are obviously a drama queen given to inflammatory rhetoric |
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riderinthestorm (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-27-07 09:12 PM Response to Original message |
14. So now it looks like the tiger was provoked to jump down into the moat |
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depakid (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-27-07 09:40 PM Response to Reply #14 |
17. "There's blame everywhere I'm guessing....." |
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dysfunctional press (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-27-07 11:04 PM Response to Reply #14 |
27. as i mentioned in an above post- |
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LisaL (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-27-07 11:12 PM Response to Reply #14 |
32. I wonder how long the zoo had Siberian tigers. |
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earth mom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-27-07 10:51 PM Response to Original message |
19. We go to the Zoo a few times a year, plus some wild animal parks. |
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dysfunctional press (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-27-07 11:08 PM Response to Original message |
30. why aren't there surveillance cameras pointed at the enclosures? |
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napi21 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-27-07 11:16 PM Response to Original message |
34. I listened to that guy who brings all the wild animals to the TV shows. |
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LisaL (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-27-07 11:20 PM Response to Reply #34 |
35. That guy probably still had the old information about the |
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MiniMe (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-28-07 01:53 AM Response to Reply #34 |
42. We will only know the story if the 2 brothers talk |
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LisaL (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-28-07 02:03 AM Response to Reply #42 |
44. I presume the fact the tiger attacked the 17 year old, and |
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MiniMe (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-28-07 08:25 AM Response to Reply #44 |
47. True, but I bet the brothers know how she escaped |
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LisaL (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-28-07 10:03 AM Response to Reply #47 |
50. I don't know what confusion is there about dangling leg. |
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BlueJazz (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-28-07 08:52 AM Response to Original message |
48. One of the News Reports said something about a 14 ft. pole being in the Pen.... |
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