Tiger Mauls Man at Zoo Feeding Time
A TIGER has attacked a man at Bangladesh's Dhaka Zoo, leaving him critically injured after he entered a cage to feed the big cat, the official BSS news agency said.
The Royal Bengal tiger mauled Mujibur Rahman, an employee of an animal feed supply firm, when he took 1kg of raw meat into the enclosure at lunchtime, the agency reported.
Visitors screamed in horror as zoo staff rescued Mr Rahman by injecting the animal with tranquilisers.
He was taken to Dhaka Medical College Hospital where he was said to be in a serious condition.
No further information on his condition was immediately available
http://www.theaustralian.news.com.au: 10th February 2007