Man mauled after jumping into tiger pit at New York’s Bronx Zoo
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NEW YORK (Reuters) - A Siberian tiger critically injured a man who jumped into the big cat’s den at New York’s Bronx Zoo on Friday, retreating only after emergency workers scared it off with a fire extinguisher. The man, 25, was riding the zoo’s elevated monorail in the afternoon and leapt from a car, clearing a fence around the tiger enclosure, according to a statement from the zoo. He was taken to a local hospital in critical condition. His condition was later upgraded to stable, a spokeswoman for the Jacobi Medical Center said. … Original post by Reuters and software by Elliott Back Not What You Needed? Check Out These Related Sites... |

