A us-regions sheriff’s deputy was forced to shoot and kill a wild-nature” target=”_blank”>tiger<Kevin Rambosk said, according to WPLG-TV in Miami.
KANSAS POLICE CHIEF SAYS OFFICER’S PUPPY TARGETED IN ‘DARK, EVIL, HEINOUS’ CRIME
The entrance to the Naples, Florida, zoo.
(Google Maps)
The tiger retreated when a deputy shot the animal while it was biting the worker’s arm. The man suffered severe but unspecified injuries, WBBH reported.
The tiger (not pictured) retreated to the back of its enclosure after being shot. It was later pronounced dead.
He wasn’t allowed to be in an area of the zoo where he could reach his arm through a fence bordering the tiger’s habitat, WPLG reported.
CLICK HERE TO GET THE FOX NEWS APP
The animal was a 4-year-old Malayan tiger named Eko – the only tiger at the Naples Zoo, according to the Naples Daily News.