A NEW Zealand woman has died after being attacked by a tiger at a local zoo.
The New Zealand Herald is reporting the woman was a zoo keeper and she died this morning at Hamilton Zoo, a 25ha site in Rotokauri, halfway between Rotorua and Auckland.
“I saw the Tigers about 45 minutes to an hour before the evacuation of the premises and yeah they looked fine, there was a keeper in there who opened up the gate so the Tigers could leave the inside area to go to the outside area but that’s all I saw.
He said he was then asked to leave, as were other patrons.
“(Staff) seemed a bit panicky. I thought an animal had escaped but they guaranteed that an animal did not escape.”
A St John Ambulance spokeswoman said the woman, whose name has not been released, died shortly after paramedics arrived about 11am local time.
“All I’m aware of this, we got a job sent to us from the ambulance to assist in any way we can.
“There has been a reported attack of a tiger on a zookeeper at Hamilton Zoo.”
The zoo has three Sumatran tigers, including male Jaka and females Mencari and Molek, which arrived at the Hamilton Zoo in 2001, a year after staff opened the exhibit.
Waikato Police Sergeant Juliet Burgess said the attack was “tragic”.
“This is a tragic incident. It is too early to determine exactly what’s happened.
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