MYSTERIOUS!!!!!!!ZOO KEEPER KILLED BY TIGER(PICS)
Police investigating the death of a young female zoo keeper who was fatally mauled by a tiger have not ruled out suicide.Sarah McClay, 24 , was attacked bya Sumatran tiger at the park in Dalton-in-Furness, Cumbria, on Friday afternoon after she went into its enclosure.Bosses at the park say she had no reason to be in the area.Police say the enclosure had several compartments which were connected by lockable doors. Keepers are routinely required to enter various parts of the enclosure but systems are in place to ensure that they and the animals remain apart at all times.Scroll down for her pictures
Party fun: Zookeeper Sarah McClay dressed up as a cat on a night out.At some stage this failed, and officers are trying to establish whether this was a result of human or technical factors.Officers today said they had not ruled out suicide.David Gill, director of the animal park, said there was no obvious reason for Ms McClay to enter the enclosure and said that she had died from her 'own tragic mistake'.He said she opened one padlock and two slide bolts to get inside without ensuring the Sumatran tigers, Pandang and Alisha, were locked away.Writing on the park's Facebook page, Mr Gill said: 'We have made a statement that from the investigations that have taken place it is clear that this tragedy was caused by a sad error of judgment and breach of protocols, in essence, keeper error.'This is not blame, it is not anything but defining the facts as they appear.'This does not mean Sarah killed herself on purpose it means simply she died from her own tragic mistake.
Killed: Keeper Sarah McClay died after being mauled by a tiger at the zoo where she worked.
Zoo keeper: Miss McClay was described as a happy, bubbly woman who loved her job at the animal park'Not the park's fault': Owner David Gill said neither the zoo or the tiger was to blame for the death of keeper Sarah McClay Mauled: Sarah McClay died after being attacked by a tiger at South Lakes Wild Animal Park.
One of the park's tigers is pictured .The tigers will not be put down, but were hidden from view at the park, which remained open at the decision of staff.Ambulance crews said Miss McClayhad suffered ‘very traumatic injuries’ to her head and neck and went into cardiac arrest.She was resuscitated by paramedics and airlifted to Royal Preston Hospital following the attack at around 4pm yesterday, but she later died.
Mr Gill told Sky News that zoo staff had heard a scream over the radio and ran to the scene.'Within two minutes we had firearms on scene but sadly we just could not get a clean shot to do anything about it because of exactly where the animal was, so we did our best, we moved around to find a shot,' he said.'Very, very quickly I let off two shots to frighten the animals and it did what it needed to do which was to lift them off and they ran back into the house and other keepers locked them up.'Once we knew we were secure and safe we went into the enclosure to retrieve Sarah.'Visitors were asked to leave the wildlife park yesterday before it closed early. It has reopened today.
Police investigating the death of a young female zoo keeper who was fatally mauled by a tiger have not ruled out suicide.Sarah McClay, 24 , was attacked bya Sumatran tiger at the park in Dalton-in-Furness, Cumbria, on Friday afternoon after she went into its enclosure.Bosses at the park say she had no reason to be in the area.Police say the enclosure had several compartments which were connected by lockable doors. Keepers are routinely required to enter various parts of the enclosure but systems are in place to ensure that they and the animals remain apart at all times.Scroll down for her pictures
Party fun: Zookeeper Sarah McClay dressed up as a cat on a night out.At some stage this failed, and officers are trying to establish whether this was a result of human or technical factors.Officers today said they had not ruled out suicide.David Gill, director of the animal park, said there was no obvious reason for Ms McClay to enter the enclosure and said that she had died from her 'own tragic mistake'.He said she opened one padlock and two slide bolts to get inside without ensuring the Sumatran tigers, Pandang and Alisha, were locked away.Writing on the park's Facebook page, Mr Gill said: 'We have made a statement that from the investigations that have taken place it is clear that this tragedy was caused by a sad error of judgment and breach of protocols, in essence, keeper error.'This is not blame, it is not anything but defining the facts as they appear.'This does not mean Sarah killed herself on purpose it means simply she died from her own tragic mistake.
Killed: Keeper Sarah McClay died after being mauled by a tiger at the zoo where she worked.
Zoo keeper: Miss McClay was described as a happy, bubbly woman who loved her job at the animal park'Not the park's fault': Owner David Gill said neither the zoo or the tiger was to blame for the death of keeper Sarah McClay Mauled: Sarah McClay died after being attacked by a tiger at South Lakes Wild Animal Park.
One of the park's tigers is pictured .The tigers will not be put down, but were hidden from view at the park, which remained open at the decision of staff.Ambulance crews said Miss McClayhad suffered ‘very traumatic injuries’ to her head and neck and went into cardiac arrest.She was resuscitated by paramedics and airlifted to Royal Preston Hospital following the attack at around 4pm yesterday, but she later died.
Mr Gill told Sky News that zoo staff had heard a scream over the radio and ran to the scene.'Within two minutes we had firearms on scene but sadly we just could not get a clean shot to do anything about it because of exactly where the animal was, so we did our best, we moved around to find a shot,' he said.'Very, very quickly I let off two shots to frighten the animals and it did what it needed to do which was to lift them off and they ran back into the house and other keepers locked them up.'Once we knew we were secure and safe we went into the enclosure to retrieve Sarah.'Visitors were asked to leave the wildlife park yesterday before it closed early. It has reopened today.
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