RIP, Tatiana

We were at the San Fransisco Zoo in October and I took some snaps of Tatiana pacing in the back of the enclosure.
For those of you who don't know, she was the tiger who got out and mauled 3 men, killing one of them. In my mind, I know she had to be provoked.

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Beautiful shot
Either tigers are endangered or they arent. You dont kill them for acting on their instincts.

Nice shot Maureen....You guys were at the Zoo (its just down the street from me) and didn't give me a call :'( (Just Kidding) I have a couple nice shots of Tatiana on my desktop (currently in my trunk) and I would like to post them when I get it back up. It is unfortunate that the maulings occured, but the tiger was acting on instinct...

Wasn't the tiger shot while she was attacking? I could understand the cops were trying to protect or save the people being attacked.
Either way i'm sure she was provoked. Lovely picture thanks for sharing.
-Joey

Desertraptor wrote in post #4627562
Beautiful shot
Either tigers are endangered or they arent. You dont kill them for acting on their instincts.

From what I hear, the only people that were on site were police without tranqs and Tatiana had turned toward them and advanced....they felt threatened and did what they thought they needed to in order to survive. Whether it was or wasn't we'll never know.


Beautiful animal though

You are correct.
I feel, that as it was a zoo...trained personnel should have been on site with tranquilizers.

It's a total shame when such a magnificent beast is lost. Compound it with thier rarity, and the troubles they face in the wild now, and it's heart breaking.
My gut reaction when I first heard this was 1st anger at those that did the shooting. But upon reading the details I agree they had little to no choice in the matter.


Mixing mankind's strange society with wildlife has always been a sketchy pairing at best.
One thing we may consider is that these beasts are not really living there own lives the moment they are taken from the wild. The day she was "zoo bound" was the day she lost her lease on a free life and offered it up for the taking by Humans. A wild animal can not just be themselves in our fabricated society. Any conflict within our own man made confines means an inevitable death for the wild animal.

RIP.

CyberDyneSystems wrote in post #4629533
It's a total shame when such a magnificent beast is lost. Compound it with thier rarity, and the troubles they face in the wild now, and it's heart breaking.
My gut reaction when I first heard this was 1st anger at those that did the shooting. But upon reading the details I agree they had little to no choice in the matter.

I agree. It was the same in Denmark 3 years ago when a tiger got loose here. Nobody was hurt or killed but the zoo people and police felt it would have been to dangerous to use tranqulizers because the effect is not instant so that tiger got shot too. A real shame but there were no other option.

A very sad turn of events. RIP Tatiana.

NH

I cant agree more with you CDS I can understand the officers protecting themselves...but they shouldn't have had to...the zoo should have been there to stop the tiger.

I have some close-ups of her that are much better but since I entered one of those shots in the POTN book contest, all I had left was this shot.

Cybnew wrote in post #4627586
Nice shot Maureen....You guys were at the Zoo (its just down the street from me) and didn't give me a call :

I know, I know. But we were trying to have a weekend for two

However, I chatted with Steve and we will be headed back up that way again before too long. We will definitely arrange a get-together with the Bay area people. Promise.

(We are headed to Yosemite this weekend, blizzard conditions and all. The park promised to have the roads open)

lol..alright! just let me know when you guys come up

Sad situation all around.

Great picture though.

Yep, something sounds fishy. My gut feeling tells me that she was taunted and reacted like any cornered tiger being harassed would do.

Sad story all around.