A beautiful spring morning at the Topeka Zoo in Kansas turned tragic Saturday when a male Sumatran tiger attacked a keeper, inflicting wounds that sent her to a hospital. The zoo has two adult Sumatran tigers: Jingga, a female, and Sanjiv, who was brought to the zoo in August 2017. The Topeka Zoo allowed Jingga and her cubs back into their enclosures Saturday afternoon, but Sanjiv would remain in holding overnight, Wiley said. Sumatran tigers are critically endangered, and only about 400 remain in the wild, according to the World Wildlife Fund. Some zoos participate in Sumatran tiger conservation programs designed to save the species, but these efforts are not always successful.

Source: Washington Post April 20, 2019 17:22 UTC