Man Arrested as He Taunts Zoo Tigers
Associated Press
HOUSTON —
Police seized a shirtless man who climbed atop a zoo exhibit where a worker was mauled to death last month, thumped his chest and traded growls with two agitated Bengal tigers.
The incident, which occurred Monday before about 100 spectators, came a day after two of the zoo’s 15 tigers were returned to view for the first time since the May 12 mauling of keeper Ricardo Tovar.
Robert Lavoie, 27, was charged with criminal trespass and jailed in lieu of a $1,000 bond, police said Tuesday. He was not injured.
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