- A veteran zookeeper didn’t follow procedures for handling potentially dangerous animals in April when she was attacked at the Topeka Zoo by a tiger , zoo officials said Thursday. A report detailing the zoo’s internal investigation says “multiple” zoo protocols that dictate what should happen before a person enters a space previously occupied by a tiger had prevented attacks at the zoo for decades. “On the morning of April 20, a staff person omitted the crucial step of locking the tiger inside prior to the staff person entering the outdoor habitat,” according to the report. Witnesses told zoo officials that the tiger had been roaming between indoor and outdoor sections of its enclosure before Hayden-Ortega arrived to clean it. A zoo docent and husband and wife who were visiting witnessed the attack through a glass window.

Source: thestar June 06, 2019 19:19 UTC