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Tour bus smashed by tigers as gatekeeper enjoys lunch
By Li Qian |
February 6, 2012, Monday
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A BUS carrying 27 visitors to a wild animal zoo in an eastern city was attacked by a group of enraged Bengal tigers and left fearing for their lives for 20 minutes as the gatekeeper of the tiger zone was out for lunch.
Around five adult tigers bit into the bus' tires and smashed the bus with their paws at noon on Saturday, breaking its windows, according to the Paomaling Wild Animal Zoo in Jinan, capital of Shandong Province.
Zoo employees finally became aware of the incident through security cameras and rushed to open the gate for the tigers 20 minutes later, Jinan Times reported today. No one was hurt during the incident.
The zoo said both tigers and visitors were "too excited," and this led to the incident. But visitors denied the allegations, saying the zoo was lying.
The zoo didn't provide an especially reinforced bus and the gatekeeper left for a meal without giving notice, the outraged visitors told the newspaper, despite being ordered by the zoo to sign an agreement never to speak out about the incident.
An investigation into the incident is still ongoing, the paper said.
Around five adult tigers bit into the bus' tires and smashed the bus with their paws at noon on Saturday, breaking its windows, according to the Paomaling Wild Animal Zoo in Jinan, capital of Shandong Province.
Zoo employees finally became aware of the incident through security cameras and rushed to open the gate for the tigers 20 minutes later, Jinan Times reported today. No one was hurt during the incident.
The zoo said both tigers and visitors were "too excited," and this led to the incident. But visitors denied the allegations, saying the zoo was lying.
The zoo didn't provide an especially reinforced bus and the gatekeeper left for a meal without giving notice, the outraged visitors told the newspaper, despite being ordered by the zoo to sign an agreement never to speak out about the incident.
An investigation into the incident is still ongoing, the paper said.
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