Looks like everyone has to be more careful at zoos.

Siberian Tiger, Tatiana, from the famous San Fransisco Zoo escapes from her enclosure and mauls three, one dead at the scene and two in stable condition at the hospital.

The two injured men, ages 19 and 23, were upgraded to stable condition Wednesday at San Francisco General Hospital after surgery to clean and close their wounds, said surgeon Rochelle Dicker. They suffered deep bites and claw cuts on their heads, necks, arms and hands.

Dicker said they were shaken up emotionally and would remain hospitalized for the day, but that because of their youth they would make a full recovery.

Unfortunately, the San Francisco medical examiner cannot identify the dead man, no one has called to claim the victim and he had no identification on him at the time of the attack.

My question is, how did this animal get out of its enclosure? The 300-pound tiger escaped from the enclosure, which included a 15-foot-wide moat and 20-foot-high walls. The zoo’s director is saying that the cat did not leave through an open door either. So, the only options are to have swam the moat and climbed the wall, or completely skipped the swimming and climbing and just leaped out into the public.

Those ideas seem a little far-fetched to me, I personally cannot see a 300-pound lazy tiger leaping that distance or climbing for that matter. Moreover, if it climbed, there would be claw marks in the wall of the enclosure. The crime scene, as they call it, is being investigated still.

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Update:

The first attack happened right outside the tiger’s enclosure — Sousa died at the scene. Another was about 300 yards away, in front of the zoo cafe. The police chief said the animal was mauling one of the survivors, and when officers yelled at it to stop, it turned toward them and they opened fire.

Only then did they see the third victim, police said.

The two injured men, 19- and 23-year-old brothers from San Jose, were in stable condition Wednesday at San Francisco General Hospital. They suffered deep bites and claw wounds on their heads, necks, arms and hands, said Dr. Rochelle Dicker, a surgeon. She said they were expected to recover fully.

Also, I was interested in this:

One zoo official insisted the tiger did not get out through an open door and must have climbed or leaped out. But Jack Hanna, former director of the Columbus Zoo, said such a leap would be an unbelievable feat and R