A zoo employee in Jerusalem has died after being attacked by a tiger which had escaped from its enclosure.
Uriel Nuri died from accidents he sustained throughout a “behind-the-scenes tour” for guests on Friday morning, Jerusalem Biblical Zoo mentioned.
The zoo mentioned it was working with Israeli police to research how the large cat escaped into the courtyard the place the 36-year-old was working.
The location is now closed to guests.
Mr Nuri was rushed to the trauma unit at Hadassah College Hospital-Ein Kerem for pressing therapy after sustaining in depth accidents to his higher physique.
“After extended resuscitation efforts, the workforce was pressured to declare him lifeless,” Hadassah Medical Middle mentioned.
“The hospital employees is accompanying his household at this troublesome time and shares of their grief.”
Positioned in south-west Jerusalem, the Biblical Zoo says on its web site that it displays the critically-endangered Sumatran tiger on the Tiger’s Slope.
Mr Nuri was head of the carnivores workforce, in keeping with his Instagram web page, the place he posted movies about his work.
In a press release, the zoo mentioned: “The tragic occasion occurred this morning, when throughout a routine exercise to arrange the tigers for enrichment, which befell as a part of a behind-the-scenes tour for guests to the zoo, a tiger managed to flee from the tiger enclosure into the internal courtyard and assault one of many zoo workers who was making ready the exercise.
“At no level was there any bodily hazard to the guests, who stood protected behind a glass window.
“With the assistance of the Israel Police, we are actually conducting a complete investigation to grasp how the tiger managed to flee into the courtyard.”
Israeli newspaper Haaretz reported that the zoo is investigating whether or not the cage door grew to become unfastened.
The zoo added the employees’s “ache is immense” and “our hearts exit to Uriel’s household”.
Final 12 months, a crocodile was shot after it bit a employee, leaving her with critical wounds which required hospital therapy.
The 62-acre zoo is house to dozens of species of animals. As its title suggests, its explicit focus is on animals which seem within the Bible, in addition to endangered species from around the globe.
