Tiger attacks zoo visitors

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Tiger attacks zoo visitors

Tiger attacks visitors at San Francisco Zoo

Carlos Sousa (left) and his wife Marilza Sousa address the media about the death of their son Carlos Jr.

Marilza Sousa and her son, Carlos Sousa Jr. in San Jose, Calif. Carlos, 17, was killed by a tiger that escaped at the San Francisco Zoo.

Tatiana, the tiger that mauled three people at the San Francisco Zoo, is shown in an undated file photo.

Leigh Lawson protests the killing of a Siberian tiger that killed one person and injured two others on Christmas Day. Police officers shot the tiger after it escaped from its enclosure and attacked the three visitors. Lawson, picketing alone Wednesday, says she wishes officers had tranquilized the animal instead.

In this video image taken from KGO television, paramedics arrive at San Francisco General Hospital with one of the victims of the tiger attack.

A police officer examines a tiger enclosure at the San Francisco Zoo on Wednesday following the attack.

Employees gather outside the south gate at the San Francisco Zoo after Tuesday's attack.

San Francisco Zoo animal keeper Barbara Palmer feeds Tatiana in this Sept. 7, 2007 photo.

Robert Jenkins, director of animal care at the San Francisco Zoo, talks with reporters Tuesday night.

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Carlos Sousa (left) and his wife Marilza Sousa address the media about the death of their son Carlos Jr.

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