HUNTINGDON, ENGLAND — A tiger killed a zookeeper on Monday in an incident the zoo described as a “freak accident”. <br /> <br />Zookeeper Rosa King, 33, was mauled to death by one of the Hamerton Zoo Park’s four tigers when the big cat somehow got into a part of an enclosure where she was working, local newspaper Cambridge News reported. <br /> <br />Witnesses said staff at the zoo near Huntingdon, Cambridgeshire tried to distract the beast by throwing meat into the enclosure and shouting. But it didn’t work. <br /> <br />Families visiting the zoo said they feared there was a tiger on the loose and so they ran for their lives. The zoo said the tiger did not escape from the tiger enclosure at any time. <br /> <br />The zoo said King’s death was a “freak accident” and it was investigating how the tiger managed to get into the same part of the enclosure as her at the same time. <br /> <br />Relatives of the zookeeper said she loved tigers and her death was a tragedy, according to the Sun.
