24일 서울대공원 시베리아호랑이 임시 사육장인 여우사에서 시민들이 탈출했던 호랑이를 관람하고 있다. 이날 오전 시베리아호랑이 1마리가 사료급여 중 사육사의 목을 물고 관리자 통로까지 나오는 사고가 발생했다. 대공원측은 발견 당시 사육사는 관리자 통로 입구쪽에 쓰러져 있었고 호랑이는 그 뒤에 앉아 있다가 제 발로 우리안으로 들어갔다고 밝혔다. 시베리아호랑이는 호랑이숲 공사관계로 올 해 4월부터 여우사에서 전시중이다. (연합뉴스)
휴일인 24일 과천 서울대공원에서 우리를 탈출하려던 호랑이가 사육사를 물어 중태에 빠지게 하는 사고가 발생했다.
Seoul zookeeper injured in tiger attack
A zookeeper was seriously injured after being attacked by a tiger at Seoul Zoo on the southern outskirts of the capital on Sunday, police and zoo officials said.
The ill-fated employee, identified only as Shim, was taken to a nearby hospital and is in serious condition after being mauled by a three-year-old Siberian male tiger, which escaped from its indoor playground and was sitting in a corridor used by zookeepers, the officials said.
The 52-year-old Shim, who was bitten in the neck and found lying on the floor shortly after 10 a.m., still remains unconscious at the nearby Hallym University Medical Center, they said.
No other injury was reported, they added, as zoo officials rushed to the scene and managed to force the tiger back into its indoor playground at 10:38 a.m., they said. All ordinary zoo visitors were evacuated following the incident.
They didn't give any explanation on how the tiger got loose, only saying that an investigation is under way. (Yonhap news)
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