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Show TheSalt Lake Tribune NATION Friday. May 21, 1999 Al3 Rockin’Doc Siberian Tiger to Remain on Display in Colorado Zoo After ‘Freak Accident’ Gives Studies A New Beat KNIGHT-RIDDER NEWS SERVICE killed her while about 20 zoo visi- COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo — Siberian tiger that killed its intended mate at the Cheyenne Mountain Zoo earlier this week will remain on display and even- tuallycould be paired with anoth- Musichelpstechnicians spot signs of mentalills er female Everyone believes it was a horrible, freak accident,” said the zoo’s general curator, Randi Me- THE ASSOCIATEDPR Cormick. WASHINGTON — Call it Rorschach Rock, ink spots for the ears. An Air Forcepsychiatrist is using rock ’n’ roll music as a training aid to help technicians understand and remember the symptoms of mentalillness. “Tam a rock, I am anisland Ihave no needforfriendship friendship causes pain,” sang the recorded voices of Paul Simon and Art Garfunkel at an American Psychiatric Association work- “This comes with work- ing with wild animals. They'renot pet You can't predict what they're goingto do. About 3 p.m. Sunday, Sikhote, a 340-pound, 9-year-old Siberian tiger was engaged in some “‘domiwith his intended mate, Katiana, a 312-pound, 7- tors watched He then groomedherfo! al minutes before return favorite resting spot near an observation window A necropsy, or animal autopsy, determined that Katiana suffocat- ed. Only one puncture wound was found We think it was play gone bad,” McCormicksaid. “If he had wanted to attack her with her on the ground, he could have just ing next to the observation window. “He won't be punished,” Mc- ents. The giri’s parents discovered the HopsinBc cemier wt ES tootoni to control me.” Today, based in Utah, he finds the music handy in training technicians and others to recognize While some psychiatrists ask Rorschach test, Nelson's thoughts turn to music. Relationship problems? “You've Lost that Lovin’ Feeling,’ sing the RighteousBrothers. Smokey Robinson's “Tracks of My Tears” tells the tale for the depressed, while those rebounding from the winter blues might troduced “There were never any signs of aggression,” she said. “This is just McCormick said. Partici- devastating for us. It is estimated that only 360 to 406 Siberian tigers survivein the howdyfence” and threedays why Ka: wild. according to the nonprofit to- gether under supervision by staff. Tiger Information Center. They can growto 500 to 700 pounds and 8to 10 feet long SPTING tHy2 "through May 30°! It All Happens Savingsot Kirkham's DUCT MASTERS.. 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On Dee. 17, the couple heard and Saturdaythecats wereput on display in the Asian Highlandsex shesaid something the Species Survival ingin July. The Lake Orion girl benchnext to Sikhote andthe cats mostly ignored each other. Friday pating zoosaccept therisks asso- netic diversity ready spoken with curators at homewith them until her sentenc- night house. Katiana jumped on a paytheDallas Zoo becauseof her Sikhote a tiger.” McCormick said she has al- ing to secretly recorded tapes of patients to look at inkblots and describe them, the traditional in about a month to update the Cormicksaid. “He wasjust being her telephone conversations They had tapped the line because diseases listed in the psychiatrists’ medical book, DSM-IV. Officials from the Species Sur. vival Plan are scheduled to meet breeding priority list. previous week in the z00's big-cat Randi McCormick Zoo general curator as be paired up again. Zoo. During the tussle, Sikhote apparently grabbed Katiana in a choke hold with his jaws and THE ASSOCIATED PRESS Steppenwolf's “Born to be Wild,” part of the breeding program, she said. “There's a good chancehe'd ter. is rank Oth out of 60 males for importance in maintaining ge- PONTIAC, Mich. — A 15-yearold girl who offered a hit man $200 to kill her parents is back Nelson had a room of psychiatrists singing along. Blame the long winters in Alaska, says Nelson, who began by asking rock 'n’ roll trivia questions at staff meetings while sta- cies. The incident will not prevent Sikhote from being used again as who successfully fatheredone lit- Sikhote was back in the Asian that make people want to be loners. From the Rolling Stones to managementof endangered spe- pouncedonher.” The pair was introduced the “This comes with working with wild animals... . You can't predict what they're going to do.” tion’s Species Survival Plan which oversees breeding and Highlands exhibit Monday loung- III discussed schizoid diseases ‘{Can't Get No]Satisfaction” American Zoological Associa- year-old on loan fromthe Dallas shop Thursday, as Henry Nelson the Doors’ “Light My Fire” and other zoos andofficials from the ~\ start with great roses!! relate to “Here Comes the Sun’ by the Beatles Jimmy Buffet’s ‘‘Margaritaville” provides a crash course in alcoholism and therapy, Nelson reports. While the first verse 25%oF Reg. 11.95 to 69.95 Selected Sundog PE Travel Dog ir 5.409.00 claims“it’s nobody's fault,” Nel- son notes that by the end Buffetis Reg. 9.00 10 15.00 singing “It’s my own damn fault.” Simon and Garfunkel’s Sounds of Silence” may reflect selective mutism, a children’s disease in which they refuse to speak except in certain circumstances. 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