Related News
Tiger kills zookeeper in Hamilton
Print Edition
A VETERAN New Zealand zookeeper was attacked and killed by a Sumatran tiger yesterday inside the animal鈥檚 enclosure.
Police said they were called to the Hamilton Zoo at 11am after reports that 43-year-old Samantha Kudeweh had been attacked by one of the zoo鈥檚 five tigers. Police said she died at the scene.
The zoo asked all visitors to leave and said it was closing its doors until Thursday. Authorities are investigating to determine exactly what happened.
Zoo visitor Adam Rich told The New Zealand Herald that he saw the tigers in the morning and noticed a female zookeeper opening up a gate to allow them access to an outdoor enclosure.
He said that about 45 minutes to an hour later, zoo staff approached him and asked him to leave. He said they were offering everyone a refund. 鈥淭hey seemed a bit panicky,鈥 Rich said.
Kudeweh was a senior member of the staff and had been a zookeeper for more than 20 years, according to police.
A biography on the zoo鈥檚 website described her role as curator, responsible for organizing what animals the zoo obtained and how it looked after them.
鈥淔or me the best thing about my role is the opportunities to interact with other species one to one, but there is a downside and that is having to say goodbye to animals,鈥 Kudeweh wrote on the site. 鈥淭hat part never gets any easier.鈥
The zoo is owned and operated by the Hamilton City Council. The tiger that attacked Kudeweh is named Oz and is the zoo鈥檚 only adult male tiger.
- About Us
- |
- Terms of Use
- |
-
RSS - |
- Privacy Policy
- |
- Contact Us
- |
- Shanghai Call Center: 962288
- |
- Tip-off hotline: 52920043
- 娌狪CP璇侊細娌狪CP澶05050403鍙-1
- |
- 浜掕仈缃戞柊闂讳俊鎭湇鍔¤鍙瘉锛31120180004
- |
- 缃戠粶瑙嗗惉璁稿彲璇侊細0909346
- |
- 骞挎挱鐢佃鑺傜洰鍒朵綔璁稿彲璇侊細娌瓧绗354鍙
- |
- 澧炲肩數淇′笟鍔＄粡钀ヨ鍙瘉锛氭勃B2-20120012
Copyright 漏 1999- Shanghai Daily. All rights reserved.Preferably viewed with Internet Explorer 8 or newer browsers.
