White tiger kills keeper, escapes El Salvador zoo | Inquirer News

White tiger kills keeper, escapes El Salvador zoo

/ 11:47 AM April 16, 2016

SAN SALVADOR, El Salvador—A white tiger being kept in a private zoo in El Salvador fatally attacked its keeper on Friday and escaped but was recaptured hours later, police said.

“It was a horrible situation,” a police inspector, Mario Macal, told Agence France-Presse.

“It looks like the keeper wasn’t following safety protocols as he fed the white tiger and it attacked him, causing serious injuries that caused his death.”

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The big cat was being kept in an animal park run by a group called the Wildlife Refuge Foundation on the outskirts of Jayaque, a town just west of the capital San Salvador.

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The property holds around 100 animals, including African lions, jaguars, hippopotamuses, pumas and foxes.

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