Critics Of Elephant Transfer Concerned After Tiger Scare At OKC Zoo

Critics of a plan to move two Elephants from Seattle to Oklahoma said there's a new reason to be concerned.

We knew this was coming. They said Thursday's tiger scare at the Oklahoma City zoo is why the elephants need to go someplace else.

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The tiger exhibit will remain closed while the staff tries to figure out how the tiger got out of her enclosure. The Oklahoma City Zoo stresses at no point Thursday was anyone in danger after the 4-year-old Sumatran tiger escaped its primary enclosure.

The tiger became tangled in netting in a space between two exhibits at the zoo's Cat Forest habitat. As a precaution, the zoo called for a "CODE RED" alert to inform guests of what was happening.

This whole thing is just bad timing for the zoo. A couple of Asian elephants from Seattle are scheduled to be relocated to the Oklahoma City Zoo. But the move has come with controversy.

One elephant-advocacy group immediately fired a shot at the Zoo and raised questions about the handling of animals there. They question the security of these habitats and said the elephants should be in a sanctuary and not a zoo.

That same group has asked federal investigators to step in and investigate the move of the elephants from Seattle to here.

As far as the tiger at the zoo, staff is monitoring her condition and she continues to recover well.