Tiger bites off keeper's hand at Japan safari park
france24.com -- Jan 06
A tiger bit off a keeper's hand and attacked two other people at a safari park near Tokyo, Japanese media reported Wednesday.
The tiger, a 10-year-old male Bengal who was around two metres (6.5 feet) in length and weighed 150 kilograms (330 pounds), attacked as the three keepers were preparing for the day at the Nasu Safari Park in Tochigi prefecture around 8.30 am, Kyodo news agency reported.
The park's operator said the tiger was not in its fenced enclosure as expected.
Instead the keepers came across it in a corridor leading to an exhibition area, and it attacked, according to the report.
The keeper who lost her hand, a woman in her 20s, was transported by medical helicopter to hospital, Kyodo said.
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