Woman in serious condition after tiger attack kills mother in Beijing wildlife park
Management says all visitors are asked to sign agreement not to open car doors or windows or leave vehicles
More details emerged on Monday about a 57-year-old woman who was mauled to death after trying to save her daughter from a tiger attack at a wildlife park in Beijing.
The tragedy occurred on Saturday at Badaling Wildlife World, near the Great Wall in suburban Beijing’s Yanqing district. A 13-second surveillance video broadcast by mainland media shows a woman exiting the front passenger door of a white sedan and walking to the driver’s door, where she stands talking to the driver, later confirmed to be her husband. A tiger appears from behind her and drags her off.
The driver gives chase and all three disappear off camera, before he returns to the car where he is joined by another woman from the back seat, and they run in the direction the tiger dragged the first woman. The second woman was confirmed by relatives to be the 57-year-old mother of the woman who was dragged away.
The Yanqing district government later said in a statement that one woman died and another was severely injured in the attack.
The daughter, in her 30s, was raced to hospital where she remained in serious condition after undergoing surgery early on Sunday morning, The Beijing News reported.
The mother, who died at the scene, her daughter, son-in-law and grandson were driving through the wildlife park when the attack happened. A spokeswoman for the district’s afforestation bureau told the News the woman ignored warnings from a nearby patrol vehicle before being attacked by the tiger.
She also said the wildlife park had multiple signs telling tourists to stay in their cars, and warnings were repeatedly broadcast via loudspeakers.