Elizaveta
Kutkina was trapped by the predator through the bars of its cage at the
zoo in the Russian city of Barnaul,the Siberian Times reports. The
screaming 13-year-old was grabbed by her coat by the Siberian tiger , as
he pulled her closer and then began to maul her legs. But zookeepers
claimed the teenager and a friend, in an act of “childish stupidity”,
had incited the tiger by going too close and banging on its enclosure
He is a grown animal, nine years old,” added director Sergey Pisarev.
Obviously,
the animal showed aggression because he’s a predator.”Of course, he
grabbed her. The ambulance was called.” “All possible safety regulations
were breached. It was a human factor, childish stupidity,” The
schoolgirl was saved because the tiger could not bite or claw her
properly though the bars. But she was held for 40 minutes unable to
escape despite frantic attempts by half a dozen bystanders in Lesnaya
Skazkapark zoo in the Siberian city.
Eyewitness Anastasia Ptichkina said two girls had banged on the tiger’s cage after the zoo had closed.
“One of them turned out to be supper for the big cat,” she said.
Luckily
there were six or seven people in the park. The tiger gnawed through
the screaming girl’s leg muscles, all were shocked and tried to save the
girl, but the tiger only became more angry and it gnawed her leg more
aggressively.It was impossible to watch how it gnarled and licked her
leg.Police and doctors also could hardly do anything. Thanks to the guys
who managed to distract the animal. They even bought a piece of meat in
the shop.
Zoo officials said the tiger would not be shot despite the attack on the girl.
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