Woman mauled by tiger at Beijing zoo hits back at her critics
Woman says her life has been made a misery by people blaming her for the accident, in which her mother was also killed
A woman who was mauled by a tiger at a Beijing wildlife park after getting out of her car in a restricted area has spoken out against people who have blamed her for the accident.
She said the people’s words were perhaps more scary than the mouth of a tiger.
The victim was severely injured and disfigured by a tiger at Badaling Wildlife World in July. She also lost her mother who was killed by another tiger after the woman tried to stop her daughter being dragged away.
The woman, speaking under an alias, told Phoenix Television and two other mainland news outlets that a rampant victim blaming culture in China was ruining her life after the accident.
“A security guard at the hospital said to me, ‘You look gorgeous ... you are so famous. I know you’re up to no good just by looking at you. It’s a pity that the tiger didn’t kill you,’” she said. The large injuries to her face have forced her to regularly wear a mask in public.
