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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.
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The animal was a 4-year-old Malayan tiger named Eko – the only tiger at the Naples Zoo, according to the Naples Daily News.
