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Tiger Escapes Cage at Honolulu Zoo Print E-mail
Written by KGMB9 News - news@kgmb9.com   
February 21, 2008 09:30 PM

 
Code red at the Honolulu Zoo for a moment Thursday morning. A garden variety thigh-high gate was the only barrier keeping a 250-pound tiger from escaping his exhibit.

A response team was even ready with guns in case the beast jumped the fence. The Sumatran tiger got loose when a gate was mistakenly left open by a zoo keeper.

Fortunately, the tiger took a right turn into his feeding station. If he had gone the other direction he could have been shot.

The whole ordeal happened just after 8 a.m. Thursday.

Less than an hour before the zoo opens to the public, but a volunteer was inside the zoo and she came face to face with the tiger.



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Last Updated ( February 21, 2008 09:30 PM )
 

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