A tiger bit an animal handler on the arm Monday at an Australian amusement park, officers stated.
The girl was taken by ambulance from Dreamworld in Coomera in Queensland state to the Gold Coast College Hospital in secure situation, Queensland Ambulance Service director Justin Payne stated.
Workers managed the bleeding as an ambulance was referred to as to Dreamworld simply earlier than 9 a.m., Payne stated. The amusement park opens to the general public at 10 a.m.
“We have been suggested that at that location a 47-year-old feminine, an skilled handler, had been bitten by one of many tigers,” Payne stated.
“The affected person clearly had obtained some severe lacerations and puncture wounds from the animal. She was fairly pale and feeling unwell, however usually nicely,” Payne added.
The amusement park, which has rides in addition to animal displays, described the assault in a press release as an “remoted and uncommon incident” that will be investigated.
Positioned in Australia’s Gold Coast vacationer hub, Dreamworld says it’s the largest theme park within the nation.
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The park’s “Tiger Island” says it homes 9 Sumatran and Bengal tigers. The park’s web site invitations audiences to be “amazed by their would possibly and uncooked energy throughout feeding time.”
Tiger attacls at mainstream theme parks and zoos are extraordinarily uncommon. In 2020, a feminine keeper at Zurich’s zoo was killed by one of many park’s Siberian tigers. The yr earlier than, {that a} 7-year-old Sumatran tiger attacked and injured a feminine zookeeper at a zoo in Kansas.
AFP contributed to this report.
