A jaguar at the Wildlife World Zoo, Aquarium & Safari Park in Litchfield Park, AZ reportedly attacked a woman after she reportedly “climbed over” a barrier between the alpha predator and patrons to take a photo:
A woman sustained non-life-threatening injuries resulting from a jaguar attack at the Wildlife World Zoo in Arizona. According to the zoo, she climbed over the barrier of the enclosure to take a photo of the animal. https://t.co/frxpX82CIy
— Twitter Moments (@TwitterMoments) March 10, 2019
However, that’s not the jaguar at the zoo in the photo above. Here’s the jaguar who taught the woman a valuable lesson on the importance of following warning signs:
Jaguar that attacked woman who crossed barrier will not be euthanized, Arizona zoo says https://t.co/JyAN9KgGxl pic.twitter.com/M3NDAzy8TI
— ABC7 Eyewitness News (@ABC7) March 10, 2019
The zoo posted a message to Twitter to assure folks that the jaguar never left the enclosure:
Please understand why barriers are put in place. Sending prayers to the family tonight. pic.twitter.com/2MPb8bXhwR
— Wildlife World Zoo, Aquarium & Safari Park (@ZooWildlife) March 10, 2019
Here a video of the woman and her injuries (warning: graphic images):
A Jaguar attacked a woman taking selfie at Wildlife World Zoo in Arizona, the Zoo says witnesses saw her crossing over a barrier to take a picture of the jaguar enclosure.
STORY: https://t.co/E2PkGjxX6P
(Video courtesy: Adam Wilkerson, Circa) pic.twitter.com/wJl9dF07qT— FOX26 News (@KMPHFOX26) March 10, 2019
But the good news is the zoo said they will not punish the jaguar for doing jaguar-y things:
We can promise you nothing will happen to our jaguar. She’s a wild animal and there were proper barriers in place to keep our guests safe- not a wild animals fault when barriers are crossed. Still sending prayers to her and her family.
— Wildlife World Zoo, Aquarium & Safari Park (@ZooWildlife) March 10, 2019
But they also want people to “show some sympathy” for the woman:
We agree, people should follow rules/barrier rules, but let’s still show some sympathy. ?Our jaguar will be ok.
— Wildlife World Zoo, Aquarium & Safari Park (@ZooWildlife) March 10, 2019
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