NZealand zookeeper killed by white tiger:
police
WELLINGTON (AFP) - - A zookeeper was mauled to death by
a white tiger at a wildlife park in New Zealand's north, police
said.
"A male wildlife keeper was fatally mauled by a white tiger
while cleaning an enclosure in Whangarei's Zion Wildlife Gardens
today," New Zealand police said in a statement.
A report said visitors to the park had seen the attack, although
this was not immediately confirmed by police.
An Auckland man told the Fairfax newspaper group he had seen the
mauling.
"It was very, very frightening," said the man, who declined to
be named.
Despite the efforts of the second keeper and a rapid response
from other wildlife park staff, the tiger would not let the park
worker go and he died at the scene, police said.
The tiger was later destroyed by wildlife park staff.
Fairfax's Stuff website reported eight foreign tourists at the
park were understood to have witnessed the incident.
-AFP