The Future of the Tiger

Yesterdays post was about how fast news about the attack of the Tiger Tatiana at the San Francisco Zoo traveled around the world. There's some speculation now that the tiger may have been taunted before it attacked, but at this point it's still a mystery and the victims aren't talking except to their new high profile lawyer.

Tatiana was a Siberian Tiger. Siberian Tigers are currently listed (according to Wikipedia) as critically endangered. I wonder how much DNA of that tiger was preserved for the future? Could there be a clone of Tatiana someday in the future? Apparently the San Francisco Zoo does have a DNA bank. It would be interesting to know much of Tatiana was preserved before her death?

In Japan the wooden temples would often burn down due to lightening so the dates are often referred to as the date when the original building was built because many of the buildings have been rebuilt multiple times. In the future could we see future versions of the same animals. In the year 2020 might we visit a Zoo and read... "The original Tatiana tiger was born in 2003, but she was shot by policemen when she attacked three visitors to the San Francisco Zoo. This was just a year after she attacked a keeper." Would the history of the clones originator having actually attacked and killed make the future Tatiana a better attraction?