He approached a jaguar to make a selfie and suffered a violent attack

March 11, 2019

The event was held in a zoo in Arizona, United States. The woman jumped the fence that separated the animal from the public to take the picture.

The Litchfield Park Wildlife World, in Arizona, is still one of the zoos where you can see hundreds of wild animals up close. Within its 87 hectares, is the largest collection of African and American species, which can be seen closely by children and adults. However, a serious episode has occurred in the last few hours: A woman wanted to take a selfie with a jaguar, she did not take into account the recommendations of caregivers and she almost paid with her life.

A minute and a half was enough for the calm of the place to be completely changed. The woman, aged about 30, was standing in front of the black jaguar cage, one of the stars of the place, and took some pictures of the animal, but that was not enough. Then, decided to jump the barrier that separated the audience from the cage to get closer and, there, make a selfie.

What The viewer did not wait for the cat to react abruptly, pbading his claws through the bars and attacking him in a wild manner.

The screams of the woman alerted the caregivers, but it was Adam Wilkerson, who visited the place with his family, the first to realize what was happening. "It was crazy, a second of stupidity"the boy said. And he added: "My mother, seeing what was going on, brought a bottle of water through the fence and started shaking it near the jaguar, which freed the girl.Then I took her torso and l & rsquo; I pulled it. "

In the recording, who owns Adam published on social networks, the woman is observed on the ground, with deep arm wounds and his cries of pain are heard at the first medical consultation before being transferred to the hospital.

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After the infuriating fact, Mickey OllsonThe zoo's director badured that it was not the first time that something similar was happening in the establishment. "There is no way to stop people from jumping over the fences, but from time to time we put a lot of obstacles in the way, but if people do not know, they can get in trouble. what happened ", he affirmed.

After checking the imprudence of the woman through the story of several witnesses, the Arizona Justice study to apply a sanction to the victim. For its part, the zoo, which has the license of the USDA (United States Department of Agriculture), informed that the jaguar will not be sacrificed.