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[Blue Lou]

Cambridgeshire Police tweeted:

We attended an incident at Hamerton Zoo Park today. We are unable further info at this time but we can confirm that no animals have escaped.

https://twitter.com/CambsCops/status/869194812083384321

A Magpas spokesman said: "At 11:34am today, the air ambulance landed in a public place near Sawtry in Cambridgeshire, after the Magpas enhanced medical team were called to a very serious incident.
"An East of England Ambulance Service paramedic crew and two rapid response vehicles were also in attendance, alongside the police."

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-cambridgeshire-40084713

Metro are reporting that it involves a tiger.

http://metro.co.uk/2017/05/29/hamerton-zoo-evacuated-over-ongoing-incident-6669849/

Update:

A zookeeper was killed by a tiger.

 

[Enter The 36 Chambers]

Am I a bad person because I hope the tiger is okay?

 

[| Praxis |]

Am I a bad person because I hope the tiger is okay?

My first thought as well.

 

[Speevy]

James Mcavoy went home.

 

[thestopsign]

Someone got into a tiger cage I'm guessing?

 

[Enter The 36 Chambers]

Someone got into a tiger cage I'm guessing?

Seems more like the tiger got out from the metro article

 

[SpaceWolf]

Weird we didn't hear about this earlier through social media.

 

[louiedog]

Am I a bad person because I hope the tiger is okay?

Of course not. It's a tiger living in a zoo. Whatever led to the incident is a person's fault, not the tiger's for being a tiger.

 

[Via Purifico]

Seems more like the tiger got out from the metro article

Not according to the police

 

[sangreal]

Not according to the police

Eh they could be referring to escaping the zoo rather than an enclosure

The people who were there seem to think a tiger got out, not that eye witnesses are reliable though

 

[Chopper]

Zoo keeper was killed after tiger entered an enclosure with her:

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-cambridgeshire-40087357

 

[Blue Lou]

Hamerton Zoo Park released a press statement describing the incident as a "freak accident".

 

[Norwegian_Imposter]

This zoo had a cheetah escape and be found by a 9 year old in his garden years back.

 

[MikeHattsu]

Zoo keeper was killed after tiger entered an enclosure with her:

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-cambridgeshire-40087357

Dang. RIP.

 

[sakipon]

So is the tiger okay or was again an animal killed as a response?

 

[Briarios]

They'll probably euthanize it, even though it is 100% on the humans for what happened.

Ugh. Humanity.

 

[TheDrizzlerJ11]

So is the tiger okay or was again an animal killed as a response?

If it isn't dead yet, they'll put it down.

 

[Kinyou]

Zoo keeper was killed after tiger entered an enclosure with her:

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-cambridgeshire-40087357

Fuck, that must have been horrible.

 

[Takuan]

RIP to the keeper and, probably, the tiger.

 

[methane47]

Im confused... "Tiger entered an enclosure"?
Does that mean.. that the tiger got into an area that it normally does not have access to?

 

[CloudWolf]

Damn, that sounds horrible.

Im confused... "Tiger entered an enclosure"?
Does that mean.. that the tiger got into an area that it normally does not have access to?

Normally the dangerous animals (lions, tigers, etc) are kept inside when a keeper is in the enclosure. This tiger apparently got in while the keeper was in there cleaning or putting down food and the tiger attacked.

 

[methane47]

Damn, that sounds horrible.



Normally the dangerous animals (lions, tigers, etc) are kept inside when a keeper is in the enclosure. This tiger apparently got in while the keeper was in there cleaning or putting down food and the tiger attacked.

suckkksss

 

[daffy]

RIP.


Just kind of reminds you that animals in captivity are not your friends

 

[Unbounded]

Damn, that sounds horrible.



Normally the dangerous animals (lions, tigers, etc) are kept inside when a keeper is in the enclosure. This tiger apparently got in while the keeper was in there cleaning or putting down food and the tiger attacked.

Holy crap that fucking sucks.

 

[rogue74]

They won't kill the tiger.

A similar incident happened in Miami and the tiger was not put down. They will only do so if it is determined the tiger acted in an unnatural way.

These cats are territorial and they will naturally attack.

 

[Easy_D]

Edit: Since I didnt read past the OP I didn't see that an employee got killed. That's terrible, RIP.

Edited out the rest of my post too since making light of the situation knowing the facts is in poor taste.