Tiger Attacks, Injures Zookeeper at Toledo Zoo

Tiger Attacks, Injures Zookeeper at Toledo Zoo

Story Published: May 12, 2008 at 5:28 AM EDT

Story Updated: May 12, 2008 at 5:28 AM EDT

By Peter Ambrose

TOLEDO, Ohio (AP) - The Toledo Zoo says a tiger reached through a double mesh barrier and injured a zookeeper, sending the keeper to the hospital with three lacerations to the chest.

Zoo officials say the employee was doing normal rounds at about
8:30 a.m. on Sunday and was in an area where he had worked before
without any problems.

The zoo says one its two female tigers was somehow able to get a
paw through the mesh at an odd angle. The keeper was treated and
released at a local hospital.

The Zoo was not open at the time of the incident. Spokeswoman
Andi Norman says officials are reviewing whether the zoo needs to
make changes to the tiger exhibit.

(Copyright 2008 by The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved.)

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