Sensitive Tiger Taunted Into Torment

(Conspiracy Nation, 01/03/08) -- "Protect The Animals" signs are being placed in the San Francisco zoo, site of a deadly tiger attack. "Please remember they [the animals] are sensitive and have feelings," the signs read, in part. This echoes yesterday's Conspiracy Nation report, which traced bee sensitivity to Colony Collapse Disorder, the high-falutin' name given to something the "scientists" do not understand. The "scientists," like Old Testament sorcerors, seek to control the demon by learning its name. ("At The Zoo," http://www.shout.net/~bigred/Zoo.html)

A dividing line, symptomatic of polarization, is forming around the case of the Christmas Carnivore Catastrophe. One side boo-hoos for the poor, misunderstood tiger. The other side says this is a mask used to hide zoo negligence. The mainstream media, typically, sides with the tiger.

The Christmas zoo afternoon of horror has been portrayed as tiger bullying by mischievous youths. Then, a new angle, the too-low enclosing wall, appeared. An attorney representing victims of the attack, Mark Geragos, came forward. He says very disturbing facts are yet to be made known about the Christmas incident.

The Conspiracy Nation radar detects a cover-up. One of the blips is Zoo spokesman Sam Singer's statement regarding Geragos: "I never speculate on defense attorney hypotheses." Geragos is not a "defense" attorney. Geragos will likely be suing the zoo for negligence.

Tiger attack disinformation is being shoveled out faster than Benazir Bhutto conspiracy theories: A footprint on the ledge; a vodka bottle in the car; heroic zoo employees. And, adds Conspiracy Nation, where was O.J. Simpson at the time? Was he anywhere in the vicinity?

Disinformation about a "recommended minimum" enclosure height keeps being reiterated. We keep being told the wall was 4 feet too low. But, demands one commentator, "According to the AZA there is no stated height for large cat enclosures. So... Stop reporting that the SF Zoo enclosure was shorter than standard." (Comment posted by "Ed" in "New details of tiger attack released," by Penni Gladstone. SF Chronicle, Dec. 29, 2007. "Ed" gives as reference, http://www.aza.org/Newsroom/PR_TigerAccred/)

And speaking of vodka bottles, was there a festive atmosphere among zoo employees that Christmas day at the zoo? It is assumed the tiger leaped over the enclosure somehow. More likely is a mundane explanation: someone goofed. Speculated is a few drinks caused carelessness in cage locking. Early reports were that several tigers had escaped. Did they all take a giant leap that one day?

There is also of course some obvious symbolism. The solstices and equinoxes often coincide with bizarre news. Last Christmas season it was the botched hanging of Saddam Hussein. This symbolized the Tarot "hanged man" card. The 2007 Winter Solstice tiger attack symbolizes the Rider-Waite Tarot card "Strength" (trump card viii, showing a woman overpowering a lion through gentleness). Divinatory meaning: energy, action, courage (also despotism, abuse of power, and discord, when the card is reversed.) That is the crux of the matter: is the card reversed? It is being decided now, as is who will be president. Who wins? The human or the tiger?

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