The wall of a moat that surrounds the San Francisco Zoo's tiger enclosure is far shorter than officials thought and also below national standards, authorities said today. Zoo officials have gone ...

The director of the zoo where a teenager was killed by an escaped tiger acknowledged Thursday that the wall around the animal's pen was just 12½ feet high - well below the height recommended by ...

SAN FRANCISCO, Dec. 28 (UPI) -- The wall around the tiger exhibit at the San Francisco Zoo, where a man was killed by an escaped tiger, was 4 feet lower than national standards.

The wall surrounding the S.F. zoo's tiger cage is below the recommended height. Dec. 27, 2007 — -- San Francisco Zoo officials said the Association of Zoos and Aquariums would review its ...

The tiger-themed rooms were, well, just look at the pictures. There were tigers bursting through the wall, framed tiger photos, tiger stripe bed spread, tiger stripe cushion and tiger paw prints ...

Big-cat experts say a fully grown tiger could very likely climb the 12 1/2-foot moat wall at the San Francisco Zoo, especially if there were little or no water in the moat.

Asked why a tiger had never previously escaped from the 1940s-era grotto, Tilson replied: “It probably didn’t want to.” At the San Diego Zoo, one tiger enclosure uses 12-foot walls on two ...