Cologne Zoo director shot the animal dead after it escaped through a door that wasn't properly shut and attacked a 43-year-old keeper.
Siberian tiger named 'Altai' escaped and attacked a 43-year-old keeper at Cologne Zoo in Germany.
Tiger escapes, kills keeper in German zoo - NY Daily News
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
Saturday, August 25, 2012, 9:27 AM
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Siberian tiger named 'Altai' escaped and attacked a 43-year-old keeper at Cologne Zoo in Germany.
BERLIN -- A tiger escaped its enclosure at Cologne Zoo in western Germany on Saturday and killed a female keeper before being shot dead by the zoo's director, police said.
The tiger managed to get from the enclosure to an adjacent storage building, where it attacked the 43-year-old keeper, said police spokesman Stefan Kirchner.
"It appears the gate wasn't properly shut," Kirchner told The Associated Press.
The zoo's director used a rifle to shoot the animal dead through the storage building's skylight before it could make its way to the visitor areas, he added.
"This is the darkest day of my life," the zoo's director, Theo Pagel, was quoted as saying by Cologne newspaper Express.
The tiger managed to get from the enclosure to an adjacent storage building, where it attacked the 43-year-old keeper, said police spokesman Stefan Kirchner.
"It appears the gate wasn't properly shut," Kirchner told The Associated Press.
The zoo's director used a rifle to shoot the animal dead through the storage building's skylight before it could make its way to the visitor areas, he added.
"This is the darkest day of my life," the zoo's director, Theo Pagel, was quoted as saying by Cologne newspaper Express.
Tiger escapes, kills keeper in German zoo - NY Daily News
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