More on Tiger Attack

"I think it could be feasible for a cat that has been taunted or angered," Jack Hanna, former director of the Columbus Zoo, said Thursday. "I don't think it would ever just do it to do it."

I am inclined to agree with this guy! There is now talk of a shoe and blood found inside the enclosure and a shoe print on the enclosure railing. How accurate this is I don't know, but it appears if this is true that the 3 guys involved in this attack were taunting the cat and possibly hung a leg over the enclosure wall to tease the cat. The wall turned out to only be 12 and a half feet tall, so the zoo is taking the blame for this wall being too low. The investigation continues as to the responsibility the victims played in this attack. They were originally attacked right in front of the enclosure where one of them was killed trying to save his friend. The other two ran to a zoo cafeteria for help and the tiger then followed the trail of blood and resumed it's attack. Police found the cat sitting beside one of the guys when they arrived. When the guy yelled for help, the cat started attacking again. That's when police opened fire and killed the cat. Sounds to me like this cat was being mistreated and decided to fight back this time. How could a zoo think walls 12 and a half feet tall could be enough? I hope all the zoos out there are revisiting their cat enclosure standards so this doesn't happen again.