Dutch zookeeper dies after leopard attacked her in the animal’s enclosure
The park said the keeper had worked there for nearly 40 years and launched an independent investigation into how she 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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Dutch zookeeper dies after being attacked by leopard
By Lianne Kolirin, CNN (CNN) — A zookeeper has died from her injuries days after she was attacked by a leopard at the Dutch safari park where she worked. The unnamed employee, who had worked at the Beekse Bergen safari park for almost four decades, was attacked by the animal on Saturday and died on
Two Persian leopards attacked a zookeeper who had worked at the Beekse Bergen Safari Park for almost forty years. The woman later died from her injuries.
An expert guardian of a Dutch zoo died a few days after the attack in the leopard fence. The woman had been working in Beekse Park for 40 years...
The tragedy happened in the Netherlands on the weekend. Grief and dismay among her colleagues in the safari park Beekse Bergen, where the woman had worked for 40 years.
Leopard mauls zookeeper to death as Safari Park launches investigation into horror attack
A veteran zookeeper has died after being mauled by a leopard, prompting an investigation into the horrific attack. The woman, who worked at the Beekse Bergen Safari Park in the Netherlands, sustained severe wounds to her head and neck during the attack. She was tending to two male Persian leopards in an indoor enclosure at the park, in the southern Dutch town of Hilvarenbeek, when the incident occurred on Saturday. The nature of the deadly attac…
The custodian worked in the park for four decades.
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