- A tiger attacked a woman in a safari park in Chile. The woman later died of her injuries.
- The woman was cleaning the fence, but the door of the tiger cage was open.
- It is investigating how the door opens when someone is there.
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A young woman died after a tiger attacked her Safari In Chile.
The identity of this woman has not been confirmed by the police, she is a worker Safari And clean the tiger fence in the safari park in Rancagua, a city 96 kilometers south of the Chilean capital of Santiago.
Animals can roam freely in the fence, usually when guests drive by, but when the staff clean or maintain the fence, they will be locked in a separate space.
However, Williams Espinosa of Rancagua Police said that the door of the tiger cage was open. The tiger then ran away and attacked the woman who was severely injured in the neck during the cruel but short ordeal.
Police said a young woman who worked at the Chilean Wildlife Park died on Friday after a tiger attacked her.
“She didn’t realize that the door of the animal cage was open, and was immediately attacked by the tiger, causing her death on the spot,” Espinosa said, according to reports CNN.
During the police investigation of the incident, the park was closed. Jorge Mena, an agent of the District Attorney’s Office, said that a separate investigation will be conducted to determine whether there is any third-party liability for the tiger attack.
Specifically, the investigation will investigate why and how the tiger cage door was opened when the woman cleared the fence.
Although the death caused Big cat attack rarely seen, Big cat rescue According to reports, since 1990, there have been 783 incidents involving foreign cats in captivity in the United States alone. They report that these attacks have killed 25 people, including 5 children.
