Tag: zoo-keeper

Siberian tiger attacks zoo keeper in Russia’s Kaliningrad

KALININGRAD, Russia (Reuters) — A Siberian tiger called Typhoon attacked a female zoo keeper in Kaliningrad on Sunday (November 5) when she came into the enclosure to feed the animal. The incident happened at noon when the zoo was full of visitors. Why the tiger and the woman were both in the enclosure at the same time, was unclear. The animal attacked her and pushed her on the ground. Terrified eyewitnesses tried to distract the […]

Zookeeper dies in accident in British zoo

HAMERTON, United Kingdom (Reuters) – A female zoo-keeper died in a “freak accident” in a British zoo on Monday (May 29) after a tiger entered an enclosure, the BBC reported. The incident happened at Hamerton Zoo Park near Cambridge in the English midlands in the morning. Cambridgeshire Police said a tiger had entered an enclosure with a keeper and the female zoo keeper had died at the scene. Officers said the animal hadn’t escaped the […]