BLAME THE ZOO, NOT THE VICTIMS

Talk about adding insult to injury. The initial reports from the San Francisco Zoo, the facility who spent $250,000 bolstering the area where tigers have gotten out before, actually had the gall to blame the "taunting" of the animals from zoo visitors for the recent tiger escape, and attack which culminated in two injuries and one death.

Yes, the tiger enclosure did contain coke cans and other debris indicating that the visitors were not following appropriate rules of behavior. But anyone who thinks the tiger got out and roamed the zoo for over twenty minutes because he was pissed at the "taunting' is out of their minds. Yes, it may have somewhat motivated the animal, there is no doubt.

But the simple fact remains that the tiger got out because it could. Subsequent reports and inspections have shown that the fencing was reportedly four feet below the established code for zoo enclosures.

Let's stop blaming the victims, and attach the blame where it truly belongs, the zoo management who are entrusted with the safety of everyone who visits it. Anything else is similar to the mountains of manure they deal with on a daily basis. Pure dung.