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Officials at the San Francisco Zoo say they will need to bolster security features at the polar bear exhibit.
Officials at the San Francisco Zoo say they will need to bolster security features at the polar bear exhibit.
SAN FRANCISCO (Map, News) - In the wake of a fatal tiger mauling at the San Francisco Zoo, officials there say they now must bolster the polar bear exhibit as well.
The existing moat wall at the polar bear exhibit is a bit short, and a 3-foot-tall chain link fence will be added to bring it to 16 feet high total.
The add-on fence is being installed today. The zoo was closed today because of the severe weather.
The zoo remains under scrutiny after a tiger escaped its enclosure on Christmas Day and mauled 17-year-old Carlos Sousa, Jr. to death and wounded his two friends.
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Examiner Reader said:
I've seen the Polar Bear exhibit recently. This is the saddest of all the enclosures that I saw at the zoo. They need to totally revamp it. Those poor bears look as if they have gone crazy, especially the one that is by himself.
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Examiner Reader said:
A little math shows that the existing polar bear wall is 13 ft. They don't leap like tigers, so I think this is a bit of an overreaction.
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Examiner Reader said:
Humph. There are no relgious rules that say animals cannot celebrate a pagan holiday like Christmas. So what?
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