More : http://squidot.com/ <br />An 11-year-old boy has had his right arm amputated after it was nearly torn off by a tiger in a zoo in southern Brazil. <br /> <br />He was at Cascavel Zoo, in the state of Parana, with his father and three-year-old brother when he got into an area just outside the tiger's enclosure and tried to pet the animal through the bars of the cage. <br /> <br />Several visitors tried to alert the father that he was in a prohibited area. <br /> <br />Local teacher Ricardo Espindula, who feared something might happen, recorded footage of the boy with the tiger moments before the attack on his mobile phone. <br /> <br />When the father next looked, he saw his son covered in blood. <br /> <br />Boy's arm torn off by tiger in Brazilian zoo <br />The boy reaches out to the tiger after entering a prohibited area <br />First aiders arrived quickly and took the boy to a local university hospital where he received treatment for the deep cuts to his right arm. <br /> <br />He was operated on several times, but lost the injured limb and remains in intensive care. <br /> <br />A biologist at the zoo said the tiger, called Hu and weighing more than 200kg, was a docile animal and had been at the facility for more than two years. <br /> <br />There is a guard usually watching the animal but he had gone on his rounds at the time of the attack. <br /> <br />The tiger is currently in isolation. <br /> <br />The father was charged by the police for negligence and has been released on bail
