“Preliminary information indicates that the employee was attacked by the animal when he went into the enclosure to feed it.”The man’s injuries caused his death.
In a prior appearance on Russian television, Alexey claimed to have traveled from Crimea to work in Mariupol.
He said, “I can’t live without animals; I love them so much.” “I feed the predators and clean.” I work with predators most of the time.I keep everything organized when I transfer them [between cages].
The violent event occurs months after a Romanian zoo worker was murdered by a tiger after breaking safety rules and entering its cage.
On December 9 of last year, the animal at Pitesti Zoo apparently bit the 52-year-old zookeeper on the head.
