Dutch Zookeeper Dies After Leopard Attacked Her in the Animal's Enclosure
The zoo said the longtime keeper suffered fatal head and neck injuries after alerting colleagues by walkie-talkie, and investigators are reviewing the enclosure breach.
- A zookeeper at The Beekse Bergen Safari Park in the Netherlands died on Tuesday from injuries sustained during a leopard attack that occurred Saturday in an animal enclosure.
- Two Persian leopards had taken shelter in the enclosure during stormy weather on Saturday, where the victim was a highly committed zookeeper with a 40-year career at the zoo.
- Around 11 a.m. Saturday, the zookeeper alerted colleagues via walkie-talkie after suffering severe head and neck wounds, prompting emergency workers including a trauma helicopter to rush to the scene.
- Following emergency surgery, her condition worsened Sunday evening, and The Beekse Bergen Safari Park in Hilvarenbeek announced her passing with her name withheld per Dutch privacy law.
- The labour inspectorate has launched an investigation into the accident, as zoo protocols typically prohibit staff from entering enclosures with predatory animals and no CCTV footage explains her presence.
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The woman, who had been employed at the park for nearly 40 years, was working inside the enclosure of two male Persian panthers on Saturday when she was attacked.
The nurse had been attacked on Saturday 24 October by a Persian panther in an animal park in the south of the Netherlands. She was very experienced and was on her morning tour. She died this Tuesday of her wounds. - Attacked by a panther, the caretaker of an animal park dies as a result of her injuries (International).
The Independent
The Independent (US)Dutch zookeeper dies after leopard attack as investigation launched
The woman was attacked on Saturday and her death was confirmed on Tuesday
An experienced zookeeper at Safaripark Beekse Bergen who was attacked by a Persian leopard on Friday died on Tuesday. The woman walked in...
The Toronto Star
Dutch zookeeper dies after leopard attacked her in the animal’s enclosure
AMSTERDAM (AP) — A longtime zookeeper at a safari park in the Netherlands died Tuesday from injuries she suffered when she was attacked by a leopard in its enclosure over the weekend.
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