Tiger at Florida zoo shot to death after pulling man’s arm into enclosure, sheriff’s office saysBy Kay Jones and Danielle Sills, CNNA critically endangered tiger was shot and killed by a sheriff’s deputy Wednesday after a man was attacked by the animal at a zoo in Naples, Florida, officials said. The man was part of a third-party cleaning service contracted by the zoo to clean restrooms and the gift shop, not the animal enclosure, the sheriff’s office noted. The tiger grabbed the man’s arm and pulled it into the enclosure after he crossed “an initial fence barrier and put his arm through the fencing of the tiger enclosure,” the sheriff’s office statement said. The first deputy to respond to the scene kicked the enclosure and attempted to get the tiger to release the man’s arm, but the deputy “was forced to shoot the tiger,” the sheriff’s office said. Eko was 8 years old and arrived at the Naples Zoo in December 2019, the official said.

Source: Ethiopian News December 30, 2021 13:40 UTC