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Late December, 2007: On one side of the world, a female Siberian tiger somehow escapes her zoo enclosure and attacks three young men, killing one. Some 6,000 miles away on the other, a female Siberian tiger being held in a Beijing zoo is found skinned, beheaded, and de-limbed, most likely by poachers looking to sell her parts on the black market. As many already know, the former happened over Christmas Day at the San Francisco Zoo, during which the tiger in question, a 4-year-old named Tatiana, was shot and killed. The latter occurred the week before. Two separate situations, to be sure, but there were some interesting differences: In California, the soul-searching and post-mortems began in earnest, with questions as to why and how Tatiana escaped and attacked. (There are reports that the three young men may have taunted Tatiana before she attacked.) In China, officials simply (and quickly) closed the zoo. More »
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