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Tatiana the Siberian Tiger
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San Francisco Zoo1 Zoo Rd
San Francisco, CA 94132
(415) 753-7080
- Good for Kids:
- Yes
43 reviews for Tatiana the Siberian Tiger
43 reviews in English
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Review from miriam b.
San Francisco, CA
1/20/2009
Don't mess with a tiger.
She will whack your skull and kill your intoxicated friend. -
Review from X Z.
Oakland, CA
12/27/2007 2 photos
An awesome and beautiful creature, doing what came naturally to her, and shot dead as a result.
Rest in peace, Tatiana.Listed in: You think I'm a joker?, On my High Horse
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Review from Tommy O.
San Francisco, CA
12/29/2007
"That tiger didn't go crazy. That tiger went tiger!"
-Chris Rock
Tatiana the Siberian Tiger
2003 -- 2007
R.I.P. -
Review from arnold g.
Fremont, CA
1/4/2008
She was who we thought she was...
(a caged wild animal) -
Review from Lisa L.
Oakland, CA
1/4/2008
RIP Tatiana. I'm sorry you got killed for following your natural instincts, and I'm sorry you were locked in that depressing, stark zoo.
I hope you're in tiger heaven now, but really - this planet is going to hell...you're probably better off. -
Review from Patricia H.
CA
12/29/2007
Just doing what comes naturally.
May the four winds blow you safely home, Tatiana. -
Review from Ken K.
1/4/2008
In early December we had the pleasure of seeing Tatiana on a Saturday morning at the SF Zoo .
She was one beautiful exotic sexy feline. Easily 600+ lbs of striped badonkadonk. Such wonderful colors, and elegance! The lions looked mighty unkempt in comparison.
Her male companion nearby was easily much bigger. But somehow she had a coolest "don't F**K with me" vibe about her that commanded the utmost respect, awe, and appreciation.
I am saddened by this loss.
Ironically while going through my old Marvel comic book collection (clutter rather), I found and leafed through an issue of Silver Surfer from the early 1990s It was either issue #54 or #56 that was quite apt to this tale. This surfer dude was somehow taking a break from the Infinity Gauntlet wars, fighting The Rhino from the Spiderman comic. The Rhino broke into a zoo and tried to set a tiger free. The end result of the story was that during the tiger's escape, it had threatened the life of zoo goers, and a police officer reacted by shooting it to death. The only difference here between comic book and reality, is that we have no Silver Surfer using "cosmic powers" to restore life to the tiger, which happened in the comic book. The Rhino realized that the zoos were there for a reason, to keep the wild animals "from harm".
RIP Tatiana. May you be reincarnated into an even more noble carnivorous creature (anything except a politician). -
Review from Matt G.
1/11/2008
Matt's 700th review is dedicated to the San Francisco Zoo's biggest and courageous attraction: Tatiana the 350 lb. Siberian tiger, who was fatally shot and died on December 25, 2007.
In 2004, the Fantastic-4 was very fortunate to have made a trip to the San Francisco Zoo, and was extremely privileged to have met the up and coming feline and her attraction. We thought the she was the biggest thing in San Francisco since the grand-opening of the San Francisco Giant's newest ballpark. Her tiger skin inspires wife to buy a pair of tiger-skin lingerie for the feline's sexy and suave move across the cage.
What people don't realize is that being in the wildlife is not an easy living. Tigers are one of the dangerous creatures living at captivity. These three street-punks found out the "difficult" way.
On Christmas day of 2007, three boys were at the San Francisco Zoo and for some evidential cause; Tatiana escaped from her cage and attacked the three kids, fatally killing one of the boys. Tatiana's escape from her cage terrified other spectators including the San Francisco Police Dept., in which they have no choice in shooting and justifiably killing the Siberian Feline.
Miraculously, two of the victims were sent to the San Francisco General Hospital and made a full recovery physically, but not mentally. The surviving punks were very lucky, they were alive or else they would've not only died, but get eaten like Matt eating a drumstick at KFC. The two survivors refused to confess to the authorities, whether foul-play were involved. The case is still unsolved.
In present time, many concerned San Francisco Zoo's official, city officials and other disturbed citizen are having an ongoing testimony about a future plan of the zoo's system. On an unrelated matter, many citizens felt that what SFPD did was unnecessary and inhumane.
According to the Criminal Justice System, if your life is at risk, the use of deadly force is highly necessary. I mean, what does SFPD know about controlling a dangerous 400lb. Siberian Tiger? What the agency did was the right thing, but other people thought it was uncalled for and remain a controversy.
In conclusion, Tatiana is in a better place right now and joining other celebrities who died in 2007, including Captain America.
RIP: Tatiana the Siberian Tiger
(June 23, 2003- December 25, 2007)Listed in: Review #600-#700
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Review from Tommy P.
San Francisco, CA
1/4/2008
People are fucking idiots.
"OMG. We don't understand how the cat could've jumped 20 ft!!!"
We have people that can jump 20 fucking ft. So what's not to understand?! -
Review from GIR ..
San Francisco, CA
1/4/2008
"In the 1930's the Siberian Tiger population had fallen to as low as 20, but they recovered quickly under the protection from hunting. Once numbering as many as 2,000, the Siberian tiger now has an estimated population between 300 to 400 in the wild.
Poaching of tigers and its prey, increased logging and construction of roads, forest fires and inadequate law enforcement are threats that affect the survival of the species. As with all endangered species genetic diversity is key to its survival, if the population becomes too small and genetically similar (as with cheetahs) they do not adapt well and are vulnerable. Ultimately the entire health of the ecosystem is at stake.
It is a shame this rare Siberian Tiger was in this zoo and the entire incident tragic (any pathetic taunting and lack of action on the zoo's part to act on such behavior included)
More info: http://tigersincrisis.... -
Review from Lee M.
San Francisco, CA
1/4/2008
By definition: BADASS MOFO!!!
Tatiana was like Rocky... people were always hating. And being a fighter at heart she took what was hers.
I remember this one time we had strolled all the way down to the Beach Challet, you know, doing a little of this, a little that. Good conversation. People were being all mean to Tatiana. F* them. Let them sink to the bottom of the bay I would yell. Tatiana always kept her cool. But I guess she lost it bro. Can you blame her?
RIP. -
Review from Melody O.
San Francisco, CA
12/29/2007
the media seems amazed that she was able to track the two who got away...
just because she doesn't speak english doesn't mean she's dumb.
If someone threw things and teased me, I'd try to chew on them too.
Hear, hear, kitty.
hope you are in a much better place.
And as for those guys, isn't this what's called " natural selection"? -
Review from buck o.
Sausalito, CA
12/29/2007
"In some ways, people are a lot like animals. We all hunger for the same things. Love, lust, danger, warmth and adventure. Like people, animals all have their own rhythm to life. I'm mesmerized by tigers. Their eyes, their stripes, their constant quest for survival. They almost have a sense of mysteriousness about them.
They pull you in and make it difficult to look away. They make you wonder what is behind their gaze. A sense of eerie awe comes over you in their presence. The fear they give you when you pass them is stunning. Behold the beauty of the tiger."
Ms. B. Spears
"What happened to her?
It looks like her heart gave out in all the excitement.
Yeah.
She was plenty old, you know?
Look...
I think she's smiling.
Yeah. I guess she died happy.
She died with her boots on, that's the main thing."
Second Hand Lions -
Review from Susan R.
1/4/2008
How stupid can you be, throwing stuff at a wild animal? It's too bad any deaths had to occur over this, especially the tiger! She was defending herself and how do tigers defend themselves? DUH!
Why didn't they use darts to put her down rather than killing her?
She was absolutely beautiful!
Now I hear that lawyers are trying to close the zoo. My only question is, is there room in the tiger cage for the lawyers? The lawyers should be going after the parents for what their kids did to the tiger! They are at fault for the loss of this beautiful creature. However, the lawyers only want to go after big money! -
Review from Philip W.
San Francisco, CA
1/4/2008
There are like 6 billion people on the planet versus about 5000 tigers. Unlike humans, tigers don't really kill things for no reason.
Why was the zoo open on Xmas? And who would let their teenagers runaround unsupervised with alcohol? Poor Tatiana...killed for being the only one who was probably doing what she was supposed to be doing. -
Review from Derek B.
San Francisco, CA
12/29/2007
They won't let me out, they won't let me out, (im locked up)
They won't let me out no, they wont let me out, (im locked up)
They won't let me out, they won't let me out, (im locked up)
They won't let me out no, they won't let me out -
Review from kit c.
San Francisco, CA
12/27/2007
Thank you Mike for eulogizing her.
Maybe when 'humans' start realizing animals are not suppose to be locked up in cages for our 'enjoyment' (?) these events won't happen anymore. -
Review from Chelsea P.
Berkeley, CA
1/3/2009 2 photos
On the East side of Coit Tower, down the Greenwich steps halfway to Sansome, a local artist has made a memorial statue to honor Tatiana the Tiger. I suggest walking from the bottom and up, and you'll see on the right hand side a cobblestone path lined with wood planks (not somebody's backyard!) that leads to an opening. At the top of the slope in the brush, you'll see a mosaic painted life size statue of the tiger underneath a small banana tree. The memorial marks the one year anniversary of the death of the tiger that everyone, except for these Yelpers, forgets to mourn.
RIP Tatiana! -
Review from Tracy A.
Oakland, CA
12/29/2007
Free all of those trapped big cats and Elephants currently in sad, sad zoos. At best they should be left in the wild, at worst they should be in humane sanctuaries away from mean humans.
R.I.P. Tatiana! -
Review from Nilu r.
San Francisco, CA
1/4/2008
Poor kitty, she was just doing what cats do...poor kitty, imprisoned all her life, taunted by idiotic people, shot to death for being the awesome hunting machine that she should have been.
Poor kitty... -
Review from Tom L.
San Francisco, CA
1/5/2008
Number of Siberian Tigers murdered in SF in 2007: 1
Number of humans murdered in SF in 2007: 98
Number of Yelp eulogies for murdered SF humans.... ?
5 stars for compassion for animal suffering and concern for endangered species. 0 stars for complacency and fatigue about the unjust human condition. -
Review from Doug W.
Tucson, AZ
7/14/2008
FIVE STARS!
Great work Tatiana! You show those punks what it means to mess with a tiger!
If ever a truer lesson needed to be learned by a more worthy set of students, I can't think of it.
Do you think those brats who lived through it will ever f@ck with a tiger ever again?
Too bad the cops put you down for those punks' stupidity! -
Review from Jennifer P.
San Francisco, CA
1/4/2008
I do not understand why they should kill a tiger for doing what a tiger does best. Hunt.
I am not against zoos, but I am against improper cage facilities and people taunting animals (if that is true).
It won't hunt people again if you are able to keep it inside its own cage. -
Review from Sleepyhouse S.
San Francisco, CA
1/11/2008
I think it was yelper TomL. who mentioned that there is all this outcry about the killed tiger but:
"Number of Yelp eulogies for murdered SF humans.... ?"
While this is true, and a good point... there are plenty of people who will speak for the dead boy in this case, but no tigers to speak for Tatiana. I think that is why people feel compelled to say something.
But my main concern is that We, as San Franciscans, will probably wind up paying for this with our tax dollars when the families sue the zoo. Basically, the city (meaning: you and me) will have to pay some huge sum because some teenagers decided to go beyond the point where they were allowed to go and f*ck with a tiger, (allegedly).
So don't worry, the boys will have a team of lawyers speaking for them. And because the wall, which has been there for decades without incident, seems to have been shorter than regulation, they'll probably win the case. And much needed city money will go into the pockets of these boy's families and their lawyers. -
Review from kimb s.
San Francisco, CA
12/29/2007
RIP, Tatiana the Siberian Tiger. You deserved better. much better.
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Review from Angela C.
Oakland, CA
1/4/2008
If Tatiana had to die for defending herself from three malicious wastes-of-space, my wish is that she had all three of their heads in her belly first.
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Review from Nelson W.
San Francisco, CA
1/4/2008
You can't blame a tiger for being a tiger.
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Review from jen n.
Long Beach, CA
1/4/2008
Tatiana was an amazing jumper.
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Review from Duckie A.
San Francisco, CA
1/4/2008
Poor kitty...She was just doing what came natural.
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Review from charlotte s.
Oakland, CA
1/4/2008
RIP kitty meow~
i would have tried to jump out if i was locked in at sf zoo too... it's a super depressing zoo... you would probably have been a lot happier if you were at the zoo in singapore, now that's a real zoo...
:)
too bad you killed the wrong person... but then again all people pretty much look the same to tigers right? -
Review from John F.
San Francisco, CA
1/9/2009
I wish the ZOO would of acted fast than both the kid and the tiger would of been saved. I know it was the kids fault for bothering the peaceful tiger in her surrounding. It seem like the people that visit the zoo didn't know how to communicate with Zoo attendants. The zoo was about to close there was so much confusion because people didn't know how to talk. She was a strong tiger. really beautiful she remind me of my cat with white chest.
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Review from lillie e.
Vallejo, CA
2/10/2008 1 photo
Tatiana's zodiac sign is Cancer. Those born under this sign are sensitive and lovable.
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Review from Paul A.
Oakland, CA
1/4/2008
whenever i visit sf zoo, if its not the polar bears or the mandrills, i always make a stop to draw you, now i'm sad because you won't be there anymore.
i guess those kids didn't watch enough youtube / discovery channel / animal planet to see that these kitties can jump. i liked how the newspaper said that more people get into Tiger accidents each year than any other animal. who are these idiots? what a way to go though..."hey what happened to so and so?" "oh them...they got attatcked by a tiger..." daaaaaamn. -
Review from shanestar h.
San Francisco, CA
1/7/2008
RIP Tatiana. May you for once in your life, RUN WILD! the animals are innocent! never forget!
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Review from y o M.
San Francisco, CA
1/5/2008
Tigers are such majestic animals. I have more admiration for them than I did before.
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Review from Irene S.
Castro Valley, CA
1/9/2008
It's terrible that Tatiana had to die because she was true to her tiger self... but she died with honor.
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Review from Eric Y.
1/12/2008
don't let others pick on you! you did the right thing!
as for those hurt
Confucius say, "you go to jail, bad boy!" -
Review from Natalye S.
5/1/2008
They should have let natural selection run its course.
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Review from Sssshhhhh L.
San Francisco, CA
1/5/2008
You mauled the wrong guy!!! You should have gotten the other two/three boys that were messing with you. I will miss seeing you at the zoo.
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Review from Jennifer S.
San Diego, CA
1/3/2008
mike z. worded it perfectly.. i couldn't have worded this any better ... you all know me, i'm hella wordy, so basically, if you know me, i have to say, this is well written. haha. short and sweet and right to the point.
"An awesome and beautiful creature, doing what came naturally to her, and shot dead as a result.
Rest in peace, Tatiana."
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it's true, she was indeed an awesome and a beautiful creature, and shiet, she seriously DID do what naturally came to her. if 3 idiots seriously didn't throw crap at her, this would've never happened...
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edit: ooh yeah! i made it to the 08 elite mark. thanks yelp!
