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Dutch zookeeper dies after being attacked by leopard
CNN • • world
Key Points:
- A zookeeper at the Beekse Bergen safari park in the Netherlands died on Tuesday from injuries sustained in a leopard attack on Saturday, where she suffered serious head and neck wounds while working in an enclosure with two male Persian leopards.
- The employee, who had worked at the park for nearly 40 years and with the leopards for eight years, was alone during the incident and contacted colleagues via walkie talkie before emergency services arrived.
- The park has launched an independent investigation into the death and requested privacy for the family and staff as they grieve the loss.
- There are no cameras inside the leopard enclosure, and the animals have been reported to be behaving normally since the attack.
- This incident follows other fatal animal attacks on zookeepers in recent years, including a rhino attack in Austria in 2023 and a tiger attack in Chile in 2021.
