Female Zoo Keeper killed in Cambridge Zoo Female zoo-keeper killed after tiger enters enclosure at...

Published: 5:33 pm May 29, 2017
Updated: 2:17 am September 8, 2025
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Female Zoo Keeper killed in Cambridge Zoo

Female zoo-keeper killed after tiger enters enclosure at Hamerton Zoo Park. Police were called to Hamerton Zoo Park near Huntingdon, Cambridgeshire, at 11.15am to reports of a serious incident and an air ambulance was at the scene 20 minutes later. Visitors to the attraction were evacuated shortly afterwards. Cambridgeshire Constabulary said on Facebook: “Officers attended a serious incident at Hamerton Zoo Park, Steeple Girding, at around 11.15am today. “A tiger had entered an enclosure with a keeper. Sadly the female zookeeper died at the scene. At no time did the animal escape from the enclosure.

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