A police officer approaches the San Francisco Zoo after the tiger attack. A report by the Assn. of Zoos and Aquariums said the overall response by zoo personnel to the Christmas Day 2007 attack was “impressive,” but its security supervisor was criticized for doubting the two brothers who initially reported a tiger’s escape and its attack on them and another person. (Noah Berger / Associated Press)
Leigh Lawson, 25, in front of the San Francisco Zoo the day after the tiger attack. She was protesting the killing of the Siberian tiger that escaped its habitat and killed a zoo visitor. Lawson, a student at Humboldt State, says she wishes officers had tranquilized the animal instead. (Noah Berger / Associated Press)
