A white tiger killed a young man who climbed over a fence at the New Delhi zoo and jumped into the animal’s enclosure on Tuesday, a spokesman said. (Sept. 23)
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1. Police arriving at scene, body of victim lying on ground, covered with white sheet
2. Victim’s body covered in white sheet
3. White tiger’s enclosure
4. Police outside white tiger’s cage
6. Display board at zoo reading (English and Hindi) “Put yourself in their place. Do not tease zoo animals or any animals.”
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7. Various of white tiger in cage at New Delhi zoo
8. Display board
9. Various of zookeeper feeding white tiger
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10. Police at zoo
STORYLINE:
A white tiger killed a young man who climbed over a fence at the New Delhi zoo and jumped into the animal’s enclosure on Tuesday, a spokesman said.
Despite repeated warnings that he shouldn’t get too close to the outdoor enclosure, the man eventually climbed over a knee-high fence, through some small hedges, then jumped down 18 feet (5.5 metres) into a protective moat, said National Zoological Park spokesman Riyaz Ahmed Khan.
The male tiger, which lives on a grassy tree-filled island, grabbed the man from the moat.
Authorities eventually frightened the tiger into a small cage inside the enclosure.
The man, whose body remained in the outdoor enclosure two hours after the attack, was dead by the time help reached him, Khan said.
AP Television spoke to the Deputy Commissioner of Police MS Randhawa however, who would not confirm how the man had died.
It’s not unusual for visitors to a zoo in India to taunt animals or toss bits of food through cages even though zoo rules forbid it.
Groups of visitors may sometimes throw used plastic water bottles or stones into animal enclosures to get the animal to react.
