One of the tigers can then be seen dragging the man away by his foot, The man was rushed to hospital in East China’s Zhejiang Province but it is unclear whether he survived the attack.
A tourist k!l.led by three tigers in front of his horrified wife and child jumped into the enclosure to avoid paying the zoo’s £15 entrance fee, it has been reported.
Named locally as Mr Zhang, the man is said to have scaled three fences after his wife and child went in because he could not afford another entrance fee of 130 yuan (£15).
A pal of the doomed man joined him for part of his fence-scaling, but gave up half way through and turned back, leaving Zhang to clamb over the two three metre-high walls and a barbed wire fence himself He then landed in the tiger enclosure yesterday afternoon where a trio of roaring beasts jumped on him and began r!p.p!ng him apart – as his horrified family watched on.
A relative of Zhang, who was mauled to de.ath, has blamed the zoo for not implementing “effective measures” to avoid the tragedy…
One of the tigers can then be seen dragging the man away by his foot.
According to NDTV, the tiger was shot dead after attempts at frightening the animals away with firecrackers and water canons failed.
The man was rushed to hospital in East China’s Zhejiang Province but it is unclear whether he survived the attack.
There are conflicting reports with some local media reporting he d!ed while others claiming he is still being treated.
One witness told the South China Morning Post: ‘I saw the tiger ma.uling the person, whose face was covered with blood. Every time he sat up, the tiger pushed him down again.’
The zoo was closed at 3pm while police and local forestry bureau staff arrived at the zoo at about 3:15pm.
It is not known why he entered the enclosure.
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