Zoo director says tiger wall was low
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The director of the zoo where a teenager was killed by an escaped tiger acknowledged Thursday that the wall around the animal's pen was just 12 1/2 feet high Â well below the height recommended by the accrediting agency for the nation's zoos.
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A day after the director of the National Hurricane Center went on leave amid leadership questions, former directors said Tuesday he should have listened more carefully to his staff and made changes more slowly.
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Investigators trying to determine how a tiger escaped its zoo enclosure on Christmas Day  -  killing one man and mauling two others  -  plan a thorough sweep of the zoo grounds Wednesday to look for clues
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Working with cheetahs, the world's fastest land animal and now an endangered species, is a bit different from treating cats and dogs, but Bertrand Lafrance felt he had little choice.
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One person was killed and two others were seriously injured Tuesday evening after a tiger at the San Francisco Zoo escaped from its cage shortly after the facility closed.
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A zookeeper who was fatally attacked by a jaguar had violated the rules by opening the door to the animal's cage, zoo officials said Tuesday. Denver Zoo Vice President Craig Piper said the February death of Ashlee Pfaff was caused by "human error."
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A research dig on the site of a proposed Lubbock zoo has turned up a pieces of an ancient bison bone. Daniel Rafuse &#151; one of a three-person team from Texas Tech University and the Lubbock Lake Landmark working the site &#151; said that the bone was found nearly 7 feet below the surface.
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SAN FRANCISCO -- In sad news for animal lovers, the San Francisco Zoo announced Friday that Emily, a 12-year-old female Siberian tiger, died Thursday night from unknown causes.
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The owner of a wildlife sanctuary was injured by a 350-pound Siberian tiger when the animal was startled by a 14-year-old boy, officials said Sunday.
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India's population of wild tigers, which wildlife experts have long warned is on the decline, is dramatically lower than previously believed, according to initial results from an exhaustive study of tiger habitats released Wednesday.
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Beijing - Visitors to the Zhengzhou Zoo in central China&#39;s Henan province who don&#39;t enjoy passive smoking - let alone being spat on - had better avoid the monkey cage.
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Itâs not everyday that a 350-pound tiger breaks out of its cage and runs loose in the United States. Now imagine that tiger running rampant in a zoo and attacking three people, killing one of them and sending the other two to a hospital with bite marks and deep wounds before the animal could be [...].
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The two brothers who survived a Christmas Day tiger attack at the San Francisco Zoo that killed their friend were denied help for at least 30 minutes by zoo security who did not take their claims seriously, the brothers' attorney said Tuesday.
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Staff at Berlin&#39;s internationally renowned zoo were working to restore public confidence yesterday after a 110kg South American bear escaped from its enclosure and spent more than half an hour frolicking in a children&#39;s playground before being knocked out
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One of the men mauled in a tiger attack at the San Francisco Zoo pleaded for help from a 911 dispatcher and asked why it was taking so long to get it, according to a recording of the call released Tuesday.
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Tiger Woods kept a low profile in the days leading up to the British Open. He hopes everyone will get a chance to see him this weekend.
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ELEANOR HALL: Some months ago we heard about the plight of the West Bank&#39;s only zoo, depleted of many of its star attractions due to the ongoing violence between Israelis and Palestinians.