Showing posts with label Zoo. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Zoo. Show all posts
Wednesday, September 10, 2008
White lioness
"Ashanti", the first white lioness to be born in Italy. Along with its parents, Ashanti is one of the three white lions living in Italy, all in captivity.
(Photo: AP Photo/Safari Park-Pombia)
Friday, September 5, 2008
White Bengal tiger cub
A white Bengal tiger cub touches the glass inside a cage at Buenos Aires' Zoo February 8, 2007. A female white tiger named Betty gave birth to three cubs on December 23, 2006.
(Marcos Brindicci/Reuters)
Saturday, April 12, 2008
Tiger Kills Man at San Francisco Zoo
A tiger escaped its enclosure at the San Francisco Zoo, killing one visitor and mauling two others on Christmas.
Zoo officials were still uncertain how long the Siberian tiger, the same one that mauled a zoo keeper almost one year earlier, had been loose before being killed by police.
The attack occurred just after the 5 p.m. closing time, on the east end of the 125-acre grounds.
The zoo's director of animal care and conservation, Robert Jenkins, could not explain how Tatiana escaped. The tiger's enclosure is surrounded by a 15-foot-wide moat and 20-foot-high walls, and the approximately 300-pound female did not leave through an open door, he said.
"There was no way out through the door," Jenkins said. "The animal appears to have climbed or otherwise leaped out of the enclosure."
Zoo officials were still uncertain how long the Siberian tiger, the same one that mauled a zoo keeper almost one year earlier, had been loose before being killed by police.
The attack occurred just after the 5 p.m. closing time, on the east end of the 125-acre grounds.
The zoo's director of animal care and conservation, Robert Jenkins, could not explain how Tatiana escaped. The tiger's enclosure is surrounded by a 15-foot-wide moat and 20-foot-high walls, and the approximately 300-pound female did not leave through an open door, he said.
"There was no way out through the door," Jenkins said. "The animal appears to have climbed or otherwise leaped out of the enclosure."
Subscribe to:
Posts (Atom)
