Glad you stopped by bu hope you found my http://www.arkanimals.com website as this one is mainly for journalists–and the other is for animal enthusiasts!

When tigers attack, they generally jump up and grab the throat. It doesn’t really matter from which direction they come from as their jaw size would cover the entire area.

Death can come from severing spinal cord, ripping open the jugular vein, or crushing the windpipe–or all of the above.

I discovered your website in the wake of the SFZ tiger tragedy and enjoy it very much.

For Tatiana, a tiger who never jumped out of her enclosure before, there had to have been a very powerful stimulus, wouldn’t you agree?

Carlos Sousa was reported to have a very large puncture wound in his throat. The newspapers didn’t say if it was in the front or the back. 2 of the 3 men were attacked in the front of Tatiana’s exhibit. It would be interesting to learn if Mr. Sousa’s puncture wound was in the front or the back because it doesn’t appear the 3 were running away from her when the attack occurred. They started running after the attack.

Carlos Sousa’s family did not know he was at the zoo. It was Christmas and they didn’t know where he was. That was kind of odd.