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U.S. / NEWS Tue Jan 8, 2008 @ 8:14am neoform

SF Gate -- The attorney for the two brothers who survived the fatal tiger attack at the San Francisco Zoo has accused officials there of knowingly maintaining a tiger grotto that "couldn't hold a house cat" and demands that city officials apologize for waging a "cha.. Read More

U.S. / NEWS Thu Jan 3, 2008 @ 8:14am neoform

SF Gate -- The San Francisco Zoo will reopen at 10 a.m. tomorrow, with new signs asking patrons to leave the animals alone and loudspeakers that will be used to tell visitors to leave promptly at closing time. Manuel Mollinedo, the zoo's executive director, said.. Read More

U.S. / NEWS Thu Dec 27, 2007 @ 8:23am neoform

CNN -- The mother of a 17-year-old boy killed by a tiger at the San Francisco Zoo said the attack has forever ruined Christmas for her, while police reportedly are investigating whether one of the victims taunted the deadly jungle cat. Sources close to the inves.. Read More

U.S. / NEWS Wed Nov 28, 2007 @ 10:45am neoform

CNN -- The San Diego Zoo's panda cub finally has a name: Zhen Zhen, or Precious. Following Chinese tradition, the zoo waited until the cub, which was born August 3, was 100 days old before giving her a name Monday. According to zoo officials, Zhen Zhen won ou.. Read More

U.S. / NEWS Tue Jun 26, 2007 @ 12:38pm neoform

SF Gate -- A zoo tiger was killed by his longtime exhibit mate. Hoshi, an Indochinese tiger who joined the Charles Paddock Zoo in fall 2000, was found dead in his den Sunday. Zoo director Alan Baker said the tiger died from asphyxiation caused by exhibit mate.. Read More

U.S. / NEWS Tue May 22, 2007 @ 11:22am neoform

USA Today -- A capuchin monkey at the Denver Zoo has died of plague and officials are trying to prevent an epidemic by isolating the primates and treating them with antibiotics. Zoo officials learned late Friday that the 8-year-old animal that died Wednesday tested.. Read More

U.S. / NEWS Thu Feb 7, 2008 @ 8:14am neoform

SF Gate -- The San Francisco Zoo announced today that it has completed the first phase of improvements to its four big-cat grottos, which have been closed since a lethal Christmas Day attack in which a Siberian tiger named Tatiana killed one patron and mauled his tw.. Read More

U.S. / NEWS Mon Jan 14, 2008 @ 8:14am neoform

Yahoo News -- Fluffy, a 24-foot python billed as the largest snake in captivity, is staying put to lure visitors into the Columbus Zoo and Aquarium. The zoo paid $35,000 to the snake's breeder in Oklahoma to keep the reticulated python on permanent display. While on.. Read More

U.S. / NEWS Tue Jan 8, 2008 @ 8:12am neoform

SF Gate -- San Francisco leaders are considering changes to the 15-year-old agreement that turned over control of the city's zoo to a nonprofit group, effectively relinquishing the city's direct oversight of an institution that at the time faced the loss of its accr.. Read More

U.S. / NEWS Fri Jan 4, 2008 @ 8:46am neoform

SF Gate -- It's cold, rainy and windy in the Sunset District today - not a good day to go to the zoo. But a small crowd of curious residents and tourists gathered at the gates this morning as the San Francisco Zoo reopened, nine days after an escaped tiger killed.. Read More

U.S. / NEWS Thu Dec 27, 2007 @ 8:29am neoform

MSNBC -- Same tiger mauled zookeeper's arm The same tiger, a 4-year-old female named Tatiana, ripped the flesh off a zookeeper’s arm just before Christmas a year ago while the woman was feeding the animal through the bars. A state investigation faulted the zo.. Read More

U.S. / NEWS Sun Jul 15, 2007 @ 11:37am neoform

FOX News -- A zookeeper was in critical condition after he was attacked by a male Sumatran tiger at the San Antonio Zoo. The keeper was attacked about 2:30 p.m. in a nonpublic area, said zoo spokeswoman Dawn Campos. The zoo, open every day of the year, was closed.. Read More