The Law is a Pussycat

Three years have elapsed since the sad tale of the tiger. Nothing has emerged to disabuse us of our first impression that the Dhaliwal brothers visited the tragedy upon themselves by provoking the tiger on Christmas Day, 2007. They didn't respect the majestic animal, which the police had to kill when it got loose, injuring them and killing their friend.

Yes, the San Francisco Zoo could have made the enclosure safer, and for that the Dhaliwal brothers received $900,000 in settlement.

The forensic evidence now seems to confirm the suspicion that the tiger was taunted:

A federal investigator says in documents obtained by The Associated Press that a tiger killed by police in 2007 after fatally mauling a teen at the San Francisco Zoo was likely provoked into leaping and clawing out of its enclosure.

The brothers caused the tragedy, their innocent friend (whose family received an undisclosed settlement) was killed, and they extracted a princely sum. Merry Christmas, guys.