[FEL-L] leopard kills keeper

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I find this part funny:

 

“Why the sliders were open is now under investigation.”

 

:anyone think they are going to find a reason other than she or someone
forgot to close them??  Do they really need an investigation to figure
this out?  Maybe they should hire experts



 

-Lance

 

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I´m translating the article from a German newspaper.

Leopard kills keeper

Specialists are trying to uncover how it could come to the deadly
assault of a leopard to a keeper. The animal had attacked the young
woman saturday; help arrived too late.

Chemnitz - "Animal park closed today" a note informed the visitors at
the entrance of the zoo this weekend. A not locked in leopard had
attacked and killed a keeper on saturday morning. Zoodirector Hermann
Will found the 23 year old dead during a routine inspection short after
9 AM. The carnivoure, a persian leopard, had attacked her from behind.
According to the police, she had "severe bitewounds at the neck and
head"; it is assumed that she was immediately dead. 

Noone did witness the attack, the police spokesman Jana Kindt said. The
keeper was cleaning the cage alone, when the leopard assaulted her. The
body of the keeper was found laying in a cage appartment between the
inside

 and the outside enclousure. Both sliders between the enclosures were
open. "At least one of them should´ve been closed", explained the
spokesperson. Why the sliders were open is now under investigation.

Lion attack already 2004

In January 2004, a lion had attacked and severely injured a keeper at
the Chemnitz zoo. The 33 years old keeper had missed that a slider was
open. The lion "Sultan" had attacked her and severely injured. Other
keepers were able to divert the lion and thus did prevent a more severe
outcome. 

Leopard not killed

The killed keeper had finished her job training in the summer of 2005 in
this zoo. Her duty had started at 7 AM this saturday, the cleaning of
the enclosure was part of her daily routine. According to Kindt, it is
common practice, that the keeper works alone in the carnivoure
enclosure. Of the 2 leopards living in the enclosure, only one was
locked out. The leopard, who had attacked the keeper, was not put down.

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Alex.

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Leopard kills zookeeper cleaning cage

A LEOPARD killed a zoo helper who was cleaning its cage in the city of 
Chemnitz, eastern Germany yesterday. 
The 23-year-old, who had been working at the zoo for over a year, was
found 
dead from a bite to the neck by the zoo director just after 9am. 
A door between the stall and an outdoor cage for the Persian leopard had

apparently been left open in error. 

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