As two other large cats lurked behind, an onlooker recorded the tiger dragging the man beneath some trees and biting at his neck.
Soon after the creature attacked him, zoo visitors sounded the alarm, but according to stories from the time, it took zoo employees approximately an hour to free the guy from the tiger’s tight hold.
According to a Beijing Youth Daily article, firecrackers and a water cannon eventually drove the tigers away. The man was taken to the hospital but passed suddenly soon after.
Staff from the local forestry bureau shot and killed one of the tigers in the enclosure.The tiger would not let the man get away.
According to a terrified witness: “I saw the tiger mauling the person, whose face was covered with blood.” The tiger pushed him down each time he sat up.
According to the accounts, it was unclear how and why the father, who had brought his wife and child to the park, entered the tiger enclosure.
