A tiger has actually trampled a zoo keeper to death in front of stunned visitors.
Keepers hurried to the 55-year-old female’s help at the Zurich Zoo after individuals seen in scary as the tiger assaulted her inside the huge feline enclosure.
They handled to tempt the Siberian tiger, called Irina, far from the female keeper however it was far too late to conserve her, and she passed away from her injuries.
‘Sadly all the help came too late. The woman died at the scene,’ Zurich authorities spokesperson Judith Hoedl stated.
Hoedl stated an examination has actually been introduced into why the keeper remained in the enclosure at the exact same time as the tiger.
Irina was born in 2015 at a zoo in the Danish city of Odense and moved to Zurich a year back, according to Zurich’s zoo director Severin Dressen.
The tiger acted usually, he stated.
‘Our full sympathy is with the relatives of the victim,’ Dressen stated, including that the keeper had actually been a long-lasting member of the zoo personnel.
Visitors and associates who saw the attack are now getting mental counselling, he stated.
The zoo, which just just recently resumed following the coronavirus lockdown, will stay closed today.
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