A tiger that escaped captivity after attacking a man has been shot dead by police near the eastern city of Leipzig, German police said Sunday.
According to , the animal belongs to renowned trainer Carmen Zander, who keeps a group of big cats in an industrial estate. Picture newspaper, which cited daily leipzig people’s voice In his report.
Police killed the tiger after the attack
Police initially said the injured person was male and although he suffered minor injuries Picture He said that still he has been admitted to the hospital.
Later media reports said that the injured man was a 73-year-old man who had been caring for the animal and had suffered serious wounds.
According to the spokesperson, no other tiger was able to escape.
They said the tiger had escaped from a private facility in Scheuditz, just west of Leipzig, before being shot and killed in nearby gardens.
controversial tiger tamer
Zander, known as the “Tiger Queen”, has already faced legal issues over the treatment of the animals in her care. Time The weekly quoted media reports as saying.
Among other things, he is accused of organizing a tiger show without proper approval, which led to an investigation by the Leipzig state prosecutors.
Edited by: Darko Janjevic