A zookeeper is recovering in the hospital after she was attacked by a tiger at Topeka Zoo, an official says
The woman and a 7-year-old male Sumatran tiger named Sanjiv were both in the tiger habitat shortly after the zoo opened when the tiger"essentially tackled our keeper," Zoo Director Brendan Wiley said at an afternoon press conference. The zookeeper suffered"lacerations and punctures to the back of the head, neck, back and one arm," Wiley told reporters. The zookeeper was transported to a local hospital where she received treatment.
He later clarified that it's part of the daily process for the zookeeper to be in the tiger habitat to clean and maintain it, but the tiger should not have been in the space at that time. Wiley said the zoo is not considering euthanizing the tiger. Sumatran tigers are a"critically rare" and"endangered" species, Wiley said. Sanjiv recently fathered four cubs.
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