Mobile UPI  |   About UPI  |   UPI en Español  |   UPI Arabic  |   UPIU  |   My Account
Search:
Go

Big cats back in enclosure at S.F. zoo

|
|
 
  
Published: Feb. 19, 2008 at 11:14 PM

SAN FRANCISCO, Feb. 19 (UPI) -- The San Francisco Zoo's big cats are back in their renovated enclosure for the first time since an escaped Siberian tiger killed a teenager Christmas Day.

Keepers say the four lions and three tigers now resident at the zoo appear to be adjusting well, the San Francisco Chronicle reported. They were moved from cages behind their exhibit back to the grotto during the weekend with reporters allowed in to see them Monday.

"You never know how animals like this are going to react to the changes," said Bob Jenkins, director of animal care and conservation.

The exhibit may be reopened to the public by the end of the week.

The tiger that got loose killed a teenager from San Jose and mauled his friends, two brothers. Police officers shot the tiger.

The walls of the enclosure were raised and a fence added on top, and an electric fence was added at the moat that separates the lions and tigers.

Topics: Bob Jenkins
© 2008 United Press International, Inc. All Rights Reserved. Any reproduction, republication, redistribution and/or modification of any UPI content is expressly prohibited without UPI's prior written consent.

Order reprints
  
Join the conversation
Most Popular Collections
Notable deaths of 2012 Scripps National Spelling Bee AmfAR Cinema Against AIDS gala
Indianapolis 500 Presidential Medal of Freedom Memorial Day around the nation
Additional Top News Stories
1 of 27
Snigdha Nandipati of San Diego wins Finals of the Scripps National Spelling Bee
View Caption
Snigdha Nandipati of San Diego, California watches confetti rain down as she wins the two-day Scripps National Spelling Bee championship, May 31, 2012, in National Harbor, Maryland. Nandipati successfully spelled the word .* guetapens *, meaning to lure or ambush. UPI/Mike Theiler
fark
Ugly ass baby giraffe born in Southern Illinois zoo. Adorable pictures "я" us
If your neighbors ask if you and your wife are into swapping and suggest having a swapping party...
It's a lie
The hot new baffling non sequitur: Marrying yourself, complete with vows and ceremony. Subby is...
Hutt robbery "cowardly." Oh, so I suppose hiring intergalactic bounty hunters is the paragon of...
Across America, more and more cities are trying to regulate garage sales. In other news, some people...