Police in southern Japan said Tuesday that they are investigating the death of a zookeeper in an apparent attack by a white tiger. Police said Akira Furusho was found bleeding from his neck and lying on the floor Monday evening inside a tiger cage at Hirakawa Zoological Park in Kagoshima.
TOKYO — Police in southern Japan said Tuesday that they are investigating the death of a zookeeper in an apparent attack by a white tiger.
Police said Akira Furusho was found bleeding from his neck and lying on the floor Monday evening inside a tiger cage at Hirakawa Zoological Park in Kagoshima.
Zoo officials said they believe Furusho was attacked while trying to move a male tiger from its exhibition cage to its night-time cage.
The 375-pound animal is one of four rare white tigers at the city-operated zoo.
Furusho was rushed to a hospital but was later pronounced dead.
