Tiger escapes from US zoo, kills 1 before being shot

2007-12-26 00:24:05 THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

San Francisco Zoo animal keeper Barbara Palmer, left, feeds Tatiana, a Siberian tiger in this Sept. 7, 2007 file photo in San Francisco, the US. (AP Photo/Ben Margot, File)

This undated file photo provided by the San Francisco Zoo shows Tatiana, a female Siberian tiger which mauled a zookeeper last year, escaped from its pen at the San Francisco Zoo on Tuesday Dec. 25, 2007, killing one man and injuring two others. (AP Photo/San Francisco Zoo, File)

A tiger escaped its cage at the San Francisco Zoo on Tuesday Dec. 25, 2007, killing one person and injuring two others, according to the San Francisco Chronicle.

The tiger, who has not been identified, was shot and killed.