Man is cited in taunting at zoo
A man who allegedly threw acorns at a rhinoceros at the San Francisco Zoo has been cited for misdemeanor animal taunting.
Police detained and cited Juan Zuluaga, 26, last week after officials received a report that he had been tossing acorns at a male black rhino named Mashaki.
Zuluaga could have to pay a fine and even serve jail time.
The incident comes two months after a Siberian tiger escaped its enclosure and attacked three young men, wounding two of them and killing Carlos Sousa Jr., 17 One of the two survivors told the dead teen’s father that they had waved and shouted at the tiger before the deadly attack.
Since then, the zoo has posted new signs telling patrons not to annoy the animals.
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