San Francisco Zoo officials detail two animal security incidents since tiger attack

Saturday, January 12, 2008

SAN FRANCISCO -- Since a tiger escaped its pen and killed a person, a snow leopard has ripped a small opening in its wire cage and workers have had to dart a polar bear to goad it into its night enclosure, San Francisco Zoo officials said Friday.

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