A female zookeeper has been killed in Germany after a tiger escaped from its enclosure and attacked her.
The 43-year-old woman was cornered by the animal after it found its way through a gate that had not been properly shut and wandered into a nearby storage building, police said.
The woman, who has not yet been named, was mauled and bitten and later died of her wounds in hospital.
The director of Cologne Zoo, Theo Pagel, then shot the tiger dead with a rifle that he aimed from a safe vantage point through the storage building's skylight. It was feared that the tiger had been about to make its way into visitor areas, said police spokesman Stefan Kirchner.
http://www.telegraph...aped-tiger.html
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Female zookeeper killed by escaped tiger
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Still Waters
, Aug 25 2012 03:19 PM
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Posted 25 August 2012 - 03:19 PM
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Posted 25 August 2012 - 03:23 PM
Terribly sad for all involved...including the tiger 
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I reckon so.
Posted 25 August 2012 - 05:03 PM
"A gate that had not been properly shut" has caused many a death and will cause a lot more. 
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Posted 25 August 2012 - 05:19 PM
It's sad when these things happen
Her family must be very upset...
Her family must be very upset...
Edited by Mnemonix, 25 August 2012 - 05:20 PM.
Wishing you peace, love and happiness, brother/sister.
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