New Zealand zookeeper mauled to death by tiger (1st Lead)

Wellington - A zookeeper was fatally mauled Wednesday by a white tiger while cleaning an enclosure in the Zion Wildlife Gardens in Whangarei, the main city of New Zealand's Northland province, police said. A group of eight overseas tourists looked on horrified as one of two white tigers in the enclosure attacked the man and refused to let him go despite a second keeper's efforts to rescue him. The Royal White Tiger - one of only 120 left in the world, according to the New Zealand Herald website - was killed by wildlife park staff so that the dead man's body could be recovered. The animals, a sub-species of the Bengal tiger, are thought to be extinct in the wild. The dead man was identified by the TV3 channel as senior zookeeper Dalu Mncube (Eds: Repeat Mncube), but police said his name would not be officially released until next of kin had been informed.

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dicky diamond UKMay 27th, 2009 - 08:12:42

if you play with fire you usually get burnt. Unfortunately this guy fried !

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