Progressive Liberalism
2020-07-06 00:11:55 UTC
Officials are investigating why the keeper was in the enclosure
at the same time as the tiger
A Siberian tiger killed a Swiss zookeeper inside an enclosure on
Saturday as horrified visitors watched, officials said.
Onlookers called for help after the big cat began attacking the
keeper around 1 p.m. local time, the Zurich zoo said in a
statement. Staff rushed to their colleagues aid and lured the
Siberian tiger, named Irina, out of the enclosure. First
responders tried to revive the keeper.
Sadly, all help came too late. The woman died at the scene,
Zurich police spokeswoman Judith Hoedl said.
Irina was born in 2015 at a zoo in the Danish city of Odense and
transferred to Zurich a year ago. Zurich zoo director Severin
Dressen said the tiger behaved normally before the attack.
An investigation is underway to determine why the keeper was in
the enclosure at the same time as the tiger, Hoedl said.
Dressen said the keeper had been a long-term member of the zoo
staff.
Our full sympathy is with the relatives of the victim," he said.
The zoo called the incident "extremely tragic," but noted that
the attack was part of Irina's "natural instincts" as a wild
animal dealing with an intruder in her territory. Therefore, the
zoo said, the tiger would face no consequences for the attack.
Visitors and colleagues who witnessed the attack were receiving
psychological counseling, he said.
https://www.foxnews.com/world/siberian-tiger-kills-swiss-
zookeeper
at the same time as the tiger
A Siberian tiger killed a Swiss zookeeper inside an enclosure on
Saturday as horrified visitors watched, officials said.
Onlookers called for help after the big cat began attacking the
keeper around 1 p.m. local time, the Zurich zoo said in a
statement. Staff rushed to their colleagues aid and lured the
Siberian tiger, named Irina, out of the enclosure. First
responders tried to revive the keeper.
Sadly, all help came too late. The woman died at the scene,
Zurich police spokeswoman Judith Hoedl said.
Irina was born in 2015 at a zoo in the Danish city of Odense and
transferred to Zurich a year ago. Zurich zoo director Severin
Dressen said the tiger behaved normally before the attack.
An investigation is underway to determine why the keeper was in
the enclosure at the same time as the tiger, Hoedl said.
Dressen said the keeper had been a long-term member of the zoo
staff.
Our full sympathy is with the relatives of the victim," he said.
The zoo called the incident "extremely tragic," but noted that
the attack was part of Irina's "natural instincts" as a wild
animal dealing with an intruder in her territory. Therefore, the
zoo said, the tiger would face no consequences for the attack.
Visitors and colleagues who witnessed the attack were receiving
psychological counseling, he said.
https://www.foxnews.com/world/siberian-tiger-kills-swiss-
zookeeper
