The Topeka Zoo keeper is in stable condition, according to a city spokeswoman.
A Sumatran Tiger at the Taronga Zoo in Sydney. A Sumatran Tiger kept at the Topeka Zoo in Kansas attacked a keeper on Saturday morning, sending her to the hospital. By Kayla Epstein Kayla Epstein Embedded audience editor on the National desk Email Bio Follow April 20 at 1:22 PM A keeper at a zoo in Topeka, Kan., was attacked by one of the facility’s tigers on Saturday morning.
City spokeswoman Molly Hadfield said the incident happened at 9:15 a.m. while the zookeeper was in the same space as Sanjiv, the zoo’s male Sumatran tiger. The zookeeper is currently in stable condition, and the tigers are being kept in holding, she said. Hadfield added that “nothing will happen to the tiger; he is a wild animal and was acting on instinct.”The tigers are currently in holding and the zoo is open. More updates to come.
— City of Topeka April 20, 2019 The zoo has two adult Sumatran tigers: Jingga, a female, and Sanjiv, who was brought to the zoo in August 2017. Shanna Simpson, animal care supervisor, told the Topeka Capital-Journal that Sanjiv “is the sweetest cat I have ever met.”The Topeka zoo invites viewers to get to know the family of tigers by watching webcams of their enclosures, but on Saturday morning, none of the big cats could be seen in their outdoor environment.
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