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Visitor mauled to death by tiger in Ningbo zoo in China
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From the section China
CHINA NEWS SERVICE
Image caption
Police dispatched a special forces unit to the Youngor zoo on Sunday
A man has been mauled to death by a tiger after he entered its enclosure at
a zoo in eastern China.
The tiger was then shot dead by a special forces unit from the local police,
in the Sunday incident at the Youngor Zoo in the city of Ningbo.
The man, who has not been identified, was rushed to the nearest hospital
where he was pronounced dead.
It is not yet known why the man entered the enclosure. Investigations are
ongoing.
The zoo was closed to visitors after the attack. State broadcaster CCTV said
it remained closed on Monday.
Screams heard
The mauling took place at around 14:00 in full view of park visitors, some
of whom posted video clips and pictures of the attack online.
The man, wearing a blue parka and black trousers, can be seen lying on the
ground. A tiger appears to have its jaws around his neck and head while two
other tigers circle around him.
CHINA NEWS SERVICE
Image caption
Park visitors were ushered out of the park on Sunday afternoon
Screams can be heard in the background as a crowd of onlookers gather in
front of the enclosure, separated by a moat.
A series of loud explosive bangs can then be heard and the two tigers run
off, while the first tiger continues to bite the man.
Zoo authorities said they used firecrackers to scare off the tigers in the
enclosure, according to local reports.
They did not identify the man, but said he was middle-aged and that his wife
and children were also at the park.
CCTV identified the man by his surname, Zhang.
It said that Mr Zhang, along with his wife and two children, were visiting
the park on Sunday with his colleague, surnamed Li, and his wife.
The women and children had bought tickets and entered the park, but the two
men decided to scale the zoo's 3m-tall (10ft) outer wall, said Mr Li who
spoke to the broadcaster.
They then climbed another 3m-tall wall that was the boundary of the tiger
enclosure. Mr Zhang dropped down into the enclosure and was attacked by a
tiger, said Mr Li, who did not follow.
CCTV said there were prominent warning signs posted around the point the two
men had entered the park, and iron fencing on top of the walls.
The case has attracted widespread attention on Chinese social media, with
many condemning the man and mourning for the tiger.
"This visitor's death by mauling really does not deserve any sympathy.
Tigers are the carnivorous kings of the jungle and hunting for food is their
instinct, who can you blame if you jump in and get attacked? Rest in peace,
tiger," wrote one user on the microblogging network Weibo.
In July last year, tigers mauled a woman and her mother when they stepped
out of their car at a Beijing drive-through wildlife park.
The woman, surnamed Zhao, survived but her mother died of her injuries. Ms
Zhao has since sued the park for her mother's death. | D***3
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