16-year-old attacked by tiger in Dublin Zoo

Updated: 19:52, Wednesday, 12 July 2006

A 16-year-old girl is being treated in hospital for injuries she received after being attacked by a tiger at Dublin Zoo yesterday afternoon.

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Six One News: Teresa Mannion reports on the assurances from Dublin Zoo's director of high safety standards at the zoo a day after a teenage girl was mauled by a tiger at the zoo
Six One News: Teresa Mannion reports on the assurances from Dublin Zoo's director of high safety standards at the zoo a day after a teenage girl was mauled by a tiger at the zoo
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One News: Teresa Mannion reports on injuries to a young woman following an incident at Dublin Zoo
One News: Teresa Mannion reports on injuries to a young woman following an incident at Dublin Zoo

A 16-year-old girl is being treated in hospital for injuries she received after being attacked by a tiger at Dublin Zoo yesterday afternoon.

Speaking on RTÉ Radio, the director of Dublin Zoo, Leo Oosterweghel, said the girl and a man scaled two fences, one of which was 2m high, to reach the Siberian tiger enclosure.

The girl then put her hand through the wire mesh of a third protective fence.

The tiger ripped into her limb causing significant injury. She is now said to be in a stable condition in hospital.

  • Morning Ireland: Leo Oosterweghel, Director of Dublin Zoo, explains how the incident seems to have happened

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    12 July 2006

    Leo Oosterweghel, Director of Dublin Zoo, explains how the incident seems to have happened

  • Morning Ireland: Damien Dawson from Carlow describes the incident he witnessed in the zoo yesterday

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    Damien Dawson from Carlow describes the incident he witnessed in the zoo yesterday

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