The worker at the zoo was seriously injured and the 8-year-old tiger, named Eko, was killed in the incident Wednesday at the Naples Zoo in Florida.
Cliff Pinckard, cleveland.com
A news release from the sheriff’s office says the worker, a man in his 20s, was taken to the hospital with serious injuries. His condition was not released. A spokesman for the Naples ZooAuthorities say the man bitten was a worker with a third-party cleaning service responsible for restrooms and gift shops in the zoo.
Deputies were called to the Zoo at 6:26 p.m. The first deputy on scene kicked the enclosure and tried to get the tiger to release the man’s arm from its mouth but the deputy was forced to shoot the animal.
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