Dutch zookeeper dies after leopard attacked her in the animal’s enclosure
The park said the leopards were behaving naturally and will not be euthanized as investigators examine how the keeper entered the enclosure.
- 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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An animal caretaker at a safari park in Hilvarenbeek, Netherlands, has died after being attacked by a leopard in her enclosure. The woman was highly experienced in her field, having worked at the park for nearly four decades.
A caregiver with nearly 40 years of experience died after being attacked by a leopard in the safari park in the Netherlands where she has been working since she was 17. Tragedy took place on Saturday, October 24, at Beekse Bergen, in the city of Hilvarenbeek, while the woman was in a space where two male Persian leopards were held. The victim suffered severe head and neck injuries, but managed to notify her colleagues through the radio station.
(Seoul = Yonhap News) Reporter Ryu Mina = A veteran zookeeper with 40 years of experience died after being bitten by a leopard at a zoo in the Netherlands.
A nurse at the zoo died of injuries suffered a few days after being attacked by a leopard in the Dutch safari park where she worked, writes CNN.
A female animal caretaker who was seriously injured in a leopard attack on Saturday at the Beekse Bergen Safari Park in Hilvarenbeek, Netherlands, has died while receiving treatment. The caretaker, who had worked at the park for approximately 40 years, died as a result of the workplace accident, which is being investigated by the Dutch Labour Inspectorate.
The worker suffered serious head and neck injuries while she was in an enclosure with two male Persian leopards.
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