Tiger Escapes at San Francisco Zoo

Reflection: It is much easier to have a robust design for the zoo enclosure compared to trying to control the behavior of millions of visitors.

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Comments

[Jackie]

It is sad to see how low people can go to hide thier mistakes. In order to confuse potential jury, confusiton is being created by the officilas by blaming the boys of digging thier background. Tigers are not supposed to escape thier cage in any cases. This was neither a fault of tiger or the boys but inadequate design of the cage.

[Mary]

Attention is being diverted from finding and fixing the root cause to blaming symptomps. This happens in many work places too. Who to charge mistakes vs let us fix the real problem. Please don't blame the boys or the tiger. And also let Zoo officlas know that they are not the only ones who are creating misdirection/diversion of the real cause, we can send some from my workplace who can fit in thier team.

[Vishnu]

An ounce of prevention is better than a pound of cure. (Hospital Bills, Lawsuits, media campaigns)

[Responsible for my actions]

Nothing is ever going to be completely fool proof and sometimes tragic accidents happen. When did people stop being accountable for their actions? Every action has a consequence, sometimes unexpected ones.

[Raman]

your honor and the members of the Jury;

These three boys, with a track record of violations for drunk driving and speedy car chases, said racial slurs at poor tiger by calling her SOB. Additionaly this was an inusult to the Pride of the Tiger race.

I request the jury to lock up the boys in the cage left empty by the tiger. They are at fault, your honor.

Attorney in present for the Zoo.

[Alan P]

The easiest way to completely guarantee that the tiger will never escape is to lock him in an electrified cage, surrounded by a moat, with two guards nearby - toting tranquilizer guns. For good measure, people should be kept at least 50ft away from the cage. Finally, all visitors could undergo a basic safety training and certification prior to any visit.

Unfortunately, the Zoo also has to trade off some other considerations. First - how much it will cost to set up and maintain this security. Second- the "enjoyment" factor of visitors seeing tigers roam in something that looks like a natural habitat (i.e. not enclosed within a cage) ... which translates into visitors and $$$s.

We all already know that an ounce of prevention is better than the cure but some people struggle with precisely how much prevention they can pay for.