The shocking Christmas Day incident at the San Francisco Zoo in which a Siberian Tiger escaped its enclosure and attacked and killed one zoo visitor and severely wounded two others has had a powerful effect on me emotionally. I have suffered over the years from chronic nightmares involving attacks by various big cats and have felt drawn to all stories involving incidents of this nature at zoos and in the wild.
I feel further attachment to this story because I have come to know this zoo pretty well and feel especially connected with the big cats there.