Tiger attacks in China safari park leave one woman dead
Siberian tigers at a wildlife park in Beijing mauled a woman to death and wounded another when they stepped out of their car in an enclosure on Saturday.
Video posted online shows a tiger pouncing on one of the women after she got out of a private car in which she was touring the Beijing Badaling Wildlife World. The second woman was killed by another tiger that leapt at her after she stepped out of the vehicle to try to help her companion, according to a report in the Legal Evening News. The video shows what appears to be park staff rush to the woman's aid in a 4x4 vehicle, but a report on the Sohu news portal said they were too late to save one of them.
A man and a small child who were travelling with the women were reportedly uninjured.
The Yanqing District government confirmed in an official microblog post that the tiger attack took place at the park, which lies at the foot of the Great Wall. It offered few details but said the injured person was being treated.
Visitors are allowed to drive their own vehicles around the park, but are forbidden from getting out while in certain enclosures, the report said.
A woman who answered the phone at the park refused to comment on the attack, saying only that the park was closed for two days due to forecasts of heavy rain.