a tiger escaped from its cage and killed a woman

A 21-year-old woman was killed by a tiger attack in a cage at a zoo where she worked, in the O’Higgins area, south of Santiago de Chile, confirmed official sources.

The young woman, who worked in the maintenance area of ​​the Rancagua Safari Park, he was cleaning the facilities around the cages, without realizing that one of them was open, reported the police.

The feline, a captive tiger, he attacked the woman on the neck, that she died a few minutes later despite attempts by security personnel at the compound to help her and the intervention of firefighters and emergency medical personnel, who were unable to resuscitate her.

Antonio Rojas, general manager of Parque Safari, claimed that a rescue car frightened the animal, which returned to its cage, in order to rescue it, although it is too late and added that the episode lasted between 10 and 15 minutes in total.

“No one expects situations like this to happen and we are immensely affected by what has happened. What were the circumstances and conditions that failed, this is a process that is under investigation, “he added.

As specified by Rojas, the woman was playing “current actions” cleaning with a colleague and, more specifically, his job was to clean the gravel from the rails of a Electric door next to the lions and tigers outbuildings.

The park, which closed its doors to visitors this Saturday after the tragic event, is the only wildlife rehabilitation center in the region of Santiago de Chile and has been open for 14 years.

Criminal complaint for death

After death, this Saturday the Chilean Senator Guido Girardi announced that he would file a criminal complaint against those responsible for the deadly tiger attack.

“We are going to file a criminal complaint so that these events do not go unpunished, one person has died,” Girardi told reporters. “It is not the first time. There are people who have lost part of their body and animals who have died or suffered damage through negligence, ”he added.

The senator is the author of a bill which seeks to ban zoos to be considered an animal prison, an initiative pending in Congress. The way forward is that the project will include “criminal penalties and strict liability” for lack of security and events like the one that happened on Friday.

The senator called these ridings “sadomasochistic, pathological and sick places where children are taught to take advantage of the suffering of another living being “and insisted on the need to eliminate them and transform them into places of rehabilitation and conservation of animals.