The park operator said the tiger was not in its fenced enclosure as expected. Attacked 3 people in a hallway.
A tiger tore the hand of a handler and attacked two other people in a safari park near Tokyo, Japanese media reported Wednesday.
The attack of the tiger, a 10-year-old Bengal male that is about two meters long and weighs 150 kilograms, occurred in the morning at the Nasu Safari Park in Tochigi prefecture, the Kyodo agency reported.
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The park operator said the tiger was not in its fenced enclosure as expected.
Instead, the caretakers encountered him in a hallway leading to an exhibition area and were attacked, according to media.
The caregiver who lost her hand, a woman in her 20s, was airlifted by medical helicopter to the hospital, according to Kyodo, which indicated that another woman was bitten in various places and a man was wounded in the back of the head. They were also taken to the hospital.
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The Nasu Safari Park offers tours by special buses and for clients in their own cars to see its 700 animals, including giraffes and elephants. (I)
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