{"id":11061,"date":"2013-05-25T09:40:10","date_gmt":"2013-05-25T04:40:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/archive2.ankakh.com\/?p=11061"},"modified":"2013-05-25T09:40:10","modified_gmt":"2013-05-25T04:40:10","slug":"zoo-worker-seriously-injured-after-being-mauled-by-tiger-while-feeding-it-in-the-big-cat-enclosure","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/archive2.ankakh.com\/en\/?p=11061","title":{"rendered":"Zoo worker seriously injured after being mauled by tiger while feeding it in the big cat enclosure"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/archive2.ankakh.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/t12.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-11058\" alt=\"t1\" src=\"https:\/\/archive2.ankakh.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/t12.jpg\" width=\"634\" height=\"466\" srcset=\"https:\/\/archive2.ankakh.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/t12.jpg 634w, https:\/\/archive2.ankakh.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/t12-300x220.jpg 300w, https:\/\/archive2.ankakh.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/t12-408x300.jpg 408w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 634px) 100vw, 634px\" \/><\/a>A zoo worker has been seriously injured today in a tiger attack at an animal park, police said.<\/p>\n<p>The 24-year-old woman was in the big cat&#8217;s enclosure when she was mauled at SouthLakesWildAnimalPark in Dalton-in Furness shortly before 4pm.<\/p>\n<p>She was taken by ambulance to Preston Royal Infirmary and the park has been closed.<\/p>\n<p>Cumbria Police said they are investigating.<\/p>\n<p>A spokesman said: &#8216;The tiger is securely locked in its enclosure and there is no further risk to the public.<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;Members of the public were not at any risk during the incident.<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;Police and Barrow Borough Council are currently investigating the circumstances that led to this incident.&#8217;<\/p>\n<p>Local newspaper the Westmorland Gazette said the women suffered injuries to her face and neck, however the hospital refused to comment.<\/p>\n<p>The park, which attracts about 500,000 visitors annually, claims to be one of the best conservation zoos in the UK.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A zoo worker has been seriously injured today in a tiger attack at an animal&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":11058,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"image","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[146,224,137],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-11061","post","type-post","status-publish","format-image","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-europe","category-news","category-world","post_format-post-format-image"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/archive2.ankakh.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11061","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/archive2.ankakh.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/archive2.ankakh.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/archive2.ankakh.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/archive2.ankakh.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=11061"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/archive2.ankakh.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11061\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/archive2.ankakh.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/11058"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/archive2.ankakh.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=11061"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/archive2.ankakh.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=11061"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/archive2.ankakh.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=11061"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}