escaped tiger kills man

[Chlidonias]

Tiger escapes, kills caretaker at Mexico zoo : thewest.com.au

12th November 2008, 7:30 WST

A tiger escaped from an unlocked cage at a commercial zoo and fatally mauled its caretaker before it was captured and killed, officials said today.

State officials said that Bioparque Estrella had closed on Monday when the tiger left its unlocked cage and fatally attacked 26-year-old Herminio Rodriguez Palma. It was unclear why the cage had been left unlocked.

Some 150 police officers and zoo veterinarians began an intense search for the tiger at the 300-hectare wild animal park in the countryside northwest of Mexico City. It was captured and killed before dawn.

Mexico has had problems with dangerous animals escaping from their caretakers recently.

In September, a five-ton elephant got away from his trainer at a circus, wandered onto a highway outside Mexico City and was fatally hit by a bus. The bus driver also was killed.

Three tigers escaped from a circus truck and took shelter in a house in western Mexico last week, but were quickly recaptured.

And in August, a 225-kg lion escaped from a local legislator’s private zoo in southern Mexico, killing two dogs and a pig and attacking a woman and child on a donkey before it was sedated and captured.

 

[dragon(ele)nerd]

seems mexico's animals are feeling some sort of rebellion, sad loss for the keeper though. rest well.

 

[Jose]

Unfortunately here in Mexico the sad reality is that the majority of animals are kept in appalling conditions ( except for the 3 major zoos in the capital)
But it is important to remember that Mexico is a developing country which is in need of much humane treatment towards both humans and animals,and thus cant be compared to the fantastic zoological gardens in the United kingdom or the average ones in the United states. Bio parque estrella is an example of a bad zoo in Mexico ,100% commercial with no effort of captive breeding programes and conservation is non existant. I am in agreement with what the late john aspinall said when a keeper was mauled to death at his zoo, that yes BLa BLa its a sad loss of human life but let's just compare for one minute the destruction we unleash on species such as the tiger.