{"id":111736,"date":"2021-02-07T11:50:21","date_gmt":"2021-02-07T11:50:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/precoinnews.com\/?p=111736"},"modified":"2021-02-07T11:50:21","modified_gmt":"2021-02-07T11:50:21","slug":"tigers-kill-zookeeper-and-other-animals-in-bloody-rampage-area-locked-down","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/precoinnews.com\/world-news\/tigers-kill-zookeeper-and-other-animals-in-bloody-rampage-area-locked-down\/","title":{"rendered":"Tigers kill zookeeper and other animals in bloody rampage \u2013 area locked down"},"content":{"rendered":"

Two endangered tigers mauled their zookeeper to death after escaping from their enclosure.<\/p>\n

Heavy rain caused a landslide at the zoo in Borneo, south east Asia, allowing the young female Bengal tigers to break free through a hole.<\/p>\n

A 47-year-old member of staff was found dead by their enclosure, with bite wounds and scratches, the AFP News Agency reports.<\/p>\n

In a desperate effort to capture the big cats \u2013 both aged around 18 months \u2013 one was successfully tranquillised with a dart but the other was shot dead.<\/p>\n

Before being caught, the fearsome predators appear to have killed several other animals at the zoo, as the corpses of an ostrich and a monkey were found by their enclosure.<\/p>\n

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Authorities in Borneo issued an emergency order to shut down all tourist destinations and attractions in the area to prevent more people being slaughtered as the tigers ran free.<\/p>\n

Members of the public were also told to stay at home for their own safety.<\/p>\n

Some residents of Singkawang in West Kalimantan however, volunteered their time to join a massive search party launched to track down the big cats.<\/p>\n

Sadtata Noor Adirahmanta, the leader of a local conservation agency, told AFP: "We tried with a tranquilliser gun first but it didn't work, so we were forced to shoot the tiger because it was already behaving very aggressively.<\/p>\n

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