Animal handler attacked by tiger at Australia theme park, rushed to hospital with critical wounds to her arm

The lady was taken by ambulance from Dreamworld in Coomera in Queensland state to the Gold Coast University Hospital in secure situation, Queensland Ambulance Service director Justin Payne stated.

Staff managed the bleeding as an ambulance was referred to as to Dreamworld simply earlier than 9 a.m., Payne stated. The amusement park opens to the general public at 10 a.m.

“We had been suggested that at that location a 47-year-old feminine, an skilled handler, had been bitten by one of many tigers,” Payne stated.

“The affected person clearly had acquired some critical lacerations and puncture wounds from the animal. She was fairly pale and feeling unwell, however typically nicely,” Payne added.

The amusement park, which has rides in addition to animal displays, described the assault in a press release as an “remoted and uncommon incident” that might be investigated.

Located in Australia’s Gold Coast vacationer hub, Dreamworld says it’s the largest theme park within the nation.

The park’s “Tiger Island” says it homes 9 Sumatran and Bengal tigers. The park’s web site invitations audiences to be “amazed by their may and uncooked energy throughout feeding time.”

Tiger attacls at mainstream theme parks and zoos are extraordinarily uncommon. In 2020, a feminine keeper at Zurich’s zoo was killed by one of many park’s Siberian tigers. The 12 months earlier than, {that a} 7-year-old Sumatran tiger attacked and injured a feminine zookeeper at a zoo in Kansas.

AFP contributed to this report.