Tiger shot dead after biting Florida Zoo staff

A tiger was shot to death in a zoo in the southeastern United States, after biting a cleanser that he had put his arm through the fence of his compound, local law enforcement and media said.

The Naples Zoo Cleaner “was stroking or feeding“To the eight-year-old Malayan male tiger,”unauthorized and dangerous activities“The Collier County Sheriff’s Office said in a statement posted on Facebook Wednesday night.

“Initial reports indicate that the tiger grabbed the man’s arm and pulled him into the enclosure after the man crossed an initial fence barrier and put his arm through the fence of the tiger enclosure, “he said.

The first policeman to arrive “he kicked the enclosure and tried to get the tiger to release the man’s arm from its mouth, but the agent was forced to shoot the animal. “

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The sheriff’s statement maintained that after the shooting, the tiger retreated to the back of the compound and It was not moving.

US media later reported, citing zoo officials, that the tiger, called Eko, had died.

A statement on the zoo’s website on Thursday said the site was closed for an investigation “and to allow our staff to process what happened and start the painful process”To digest the tragedy.

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The cleaner, in his 20s, “was seriously injured” and taken to a hospital, according to the sheriff’s statement.

Eko came to the Naples Zoo about two years ago, according to their website.

Malay tigers are classified as a critically threatened on the “Red List” de la International Union for Conservation of Nature. (I)