I’ve been looking at a bunch of articles, as they all have little bits of detail that aren’t in other ones, and I’m wondering if she was just not aware they were in here.
The animals seem to have been moved into a place they aren’t normally, due to weather, and she was alone instead of with someone. She’s got a ton of experience, including near a decade with these cats. It’s not like I’d expect her to just forget how dangerous they can be, so that’d really suck if she just walked into the wrong room without knowing.
I hope they are able to piece together what happened to keep everyone else and the animals safe.
Staff are generally expected to follow strict procedures when working around dangerous predators. Dutch media reports have indicated that zookeepers typically work in pairs but enter animal enclosures separately to reduce the risk of dangerous encounters.
Investigators will examine why the woman was inside the enclosure and whether the required safety measures were in place. However, no evidence of a safety breach has been established.
The leopards had reportedly been moved indoors because of adverse weather conditions in the Netherlands. It remains unclear whether this contributed to the incident or whether the zookeeper knew the animals were inside.
Without surveillance footage, investigators face additional challenges in determining exactly what happened. No definitive explanation for the fatal attack has been announced. (IBTimes)
It’s very relevant to my interests, so I’ve been reading what I can find on it. I don’t personally work with animals this dangerous, but I know what we do to contain the animals we do have, and I love touring facilities and talking to people that work with these larger animals to see how it works, and it seems like a very strange thing to have occurred.
I couldn’t imagine this happening to one of the senior staff of the center I’m at. We’re always looking for ways to keep things safe for ourselves and the animals, because nobody wants to see something like this happen. 🥺 She spent almost her whole adult life caring for these animals, and I’m sure some of her last words were her asking that nothing bad happen to them because of this. It makes me sad to see some of the sarcastic comments made about the situation in some of these posts.
It’s definitely sad, but I think it’s important to remember any job has some degree of danger. At least with animals, you’re always expecting a bit of the unexpected, and zoos are seemingly much more regulated than a lot of places I’ve worked! 😅
Curious to see what the investigation finds. She was an experienced zookeeper, so it’s hard to believe she was in there for the thrill.
I’ve been looking at a bunch of articles, as they all have little bits of detail that aren’t in other ones, and I’m wondering if she was just not aware they were in here.
The animals seem to have been moved into a place they aren’t normally, due to weather, and she was alone instead of with someone. She’s got a ton of experience, including near a decade with these cats. It’s not like I’d expect her to just forget how dangerous they can be, so that’d really suck if she just walked into the wrong room without knowing.
I hope they are able to piece together what happened to keep everyone else and the animals safe.
Thanks for digging further! A miscommunication resulting in her entering the enclosure at the wrong time sounds totally plausible.
It’s very relevant to my interests, so I’ve been reading what I can find on it. I don’t personally work with animals this dangerous, but I know what we do to contain the animals we do have, and I love touring facilities and talking to people that work with these larger animals to see how it works, and it seems like a very strange thing to have occurred.
I couldn’t imagine this happening to one of the senior staff of the center I’m at. We’re always looking for ways to keep things safe for ourselves and the animals, because nobody wants to see something like this happen. 🥺 She spent almost her whole adult life caring for these animals, and I’m sure some of her last words were her asking that nothing bad happen to them because of this. It makes me sad to see some of the sarcastic comments made about the situation in some of these posts.
Well that sad and scary my oldest son works at a zoo.
It’s definitely sad, but I think it’s important to remember any job has some degree of danger. At least with animals, you’re always expecting a bit of the unexpected, and zoos are seemingly much more regulated than a lot of places I’ve worked! 😅