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rfmcdonaldCBC reports that a zookeeper mauled by a Siberian tiger in Québec's Zoo sauvage de St-Félicien is expected to live.
All this is good, but there have been several incidents in Canada of interaction with Siberian tigers ending badly--see this 2009 non-fatal mauling in Calgary and a 2010 fatal mauling in Ontario for recent examples. I do wonder about safety precautions.
The 51-year-old man was cleaning the inside of the enclosure before 9 a.m. Thursday when a female tiger at the St-Félicien wild zoo attacked him.
He sustained injuries to his neck but was conscious when he was rushed by ambulance to the hospital in Roberval, about 25 minutes south of St-Félicien.
Normally, the zoo’s Siberian tigers — two males, one female and two cubs — are kept in their nighttime enclosure while their daytime pen is cleaned.
The zoo is investigating why that wasn’t the case this morning, and are waiting to speak with the zookeeper, who was the only witness.
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Paramedics were able to attend to the victim after the tiger left the area on its own.
Zoo officials said the tiger was put into an isolation pen, and is not expected to be put down.
All this is good, but there have been several incidents in Canada of interaction with Siberian tigers ending badly--see this 2009 non-fatal mauling in Calgary and a 2010 fatal mauling in Ontario for recent examples. I do wonder about safety precautions.
