City wants zoo victims’ photos

The city attorney wants permission to inspect the car and cellphones belonging to the two brothers who survived a tiger attack at the San Francisco Zoo.

Deputy City Atty. James Hannawalt sent a letter Friday to the brothers’ lawyer, Mark Geragos about photographs and call logs that were on the phones before the Christmas Day mauling that claimed the life of 17-year-old Carlos Sousa.

San Francisco police have the phones, but the brothers, Kulbir and Paul Dhaliwal, have refused to authorize investigators to examine the contents, according to the city attorney’s office.

Meanwhile, officials at the zoo say they now must bolster the polar bear exhibit as well as the tiger grotto.

The existing moat wall at the polar bear exhibit is a bit short, and a 3-foot chain-link fence will be added to bring it to 16 feet.

Construction of the add-on fence began Friday. The zoo was closed Friday because of severe weather. The zoo remains under scrutiny because of the tiger’s escape.