News Woman tries to take selfie with jaguar, gets attacked

Deberg_1990 · 03-10-2019, 01:39 PM

A woman was attacked by a jaguar as she was apparently trying to get a photo outside the big cat’s enclosure at Wildlife World Zoo in Arizona, authorities said.

Shawn Gilleland, a spokesman for the Rural Metro Fire Department, told The Washington Post on Sunday that fire crews said the woman, who is in her 30s, climbed over a barrier at the zoo Saturday to get closer to the jaguar’s enclosure so that she could get a selfie with the animal. The jaguar reached out and grabbed her arm with its paw, leaving lacerations, Gilleland said.

Gilleland said the woman, who was not publicly identified, was taken to a hospital with injuries that were not life-threatening.

Related: Jaguar escapes zoo habitat, moves from enclosure to enclosure, killing trapped animals

Officials with Wildlife World Zoo said in a statement that a guest was injured by a female jaguar at the zoo in Litchfield Park, not far from Phoenix. Officials said the attack is under investigation but noted that the animal was not outside her enclosure at any time. “Please understand why barriers are put in place,” officials tweeted. “Sending prayers to the family tonight.”

One witness, Adam Wilkerson, told AZFamily.com that he and his mother heard the woman scream Saturday evening and ran to help.

“My mom runs up and takes her water bottle and shoves it through the cage near where the jaguar is, and the jaguar goes to let go of the girl to take the water bottle, and the claw just catches this girl’s sweater,” he told the news organization. “So at that point, I see that it’s no longer attached to the girl’s actual arm, only on her sweater, so I grab the girl on her torso, and I pull her back.”

Wilkerson, who captured some of the aftermath on video, added that the woman was “lying on the ground, screaming in agony.”

Zoo owner Mickey Ollson told AZFamily.com that about a year ago, the big cat scratched another guest who also had crossed the barrier.
There’s no way to fix people crossing barriers,” Ollson told the news organization. “That happens occasionally. And we put substantial barriers there, and if people cross them, they can get in trouble.”

Last summer, a male jaguar escaped from an enclosure at Audubon Zoo in New Orleans and went on a rampage, killing nine other animals at the zoo: five alpacas, three foxes and an emu.

The Post reported at the time:

Jaguars are opportunistic hunters that prey on more than 85 species, according to the International Union for Conservation of Nature. Their habitat ranges from the jungles of Central and South America, where they are considered “near threatened” by the IUCN, to the southern regions of Arizona and New Mexico, where they are listed as an endangered species by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. Lions and tigers are the only big cats that are bigger than jaguars, making the felines the biggest in the Americas.

On Sunday, the president of the Humane Society of the United States urged zoos to “set a higher standard to protect people and to respect wildlife from a safe distance.”

“People get the mistaken idea that wild animals are approachable,” Kitty Block said in a statement. “Throw in a healthy dose of poor judgement, and incidents like this are bound to happen.”

Wildlife World Zoo and Aquarium houses more than 600 species, and the aquarium has more than 75 exhibits, including stingrays, penguins and sharks, according to the zoo’s Facebook page. Ollson told AZFamily.com that zoo officials will look at whether more barriers should be added to the exhibits to keep guests away from the animals.

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JakeF · 03-10-2019, 01:43 PM

Darwin

**ptlyon** · 03-10-2019, 01:44 PM

Stupid bitch

ChiliConCarnage · 03-10-2019, 01:46 PM

A lady in her 30s? What an idiot

Flying High D · 03-10-2019, 01:49 PM

Foreplay

seclark · 03-10-2019, 01:53 PM

selfies
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A8bil · 03-10-2019, 01:56 PM

On Sunday, the president of the Humane Society of the United States urged zoos to “set a higher standard to protect people and to respect wildlife from a safe distance.”

Really? We need more than a barrier, a cage and a wild animal to protect people from themselves?

**Bwana** · 03-10-2019, 05:01 PM

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Originally Posted by seclark

selfies
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No Kidding.

Narcissistic chick: "Must get closer to impress my Facebook friends for maximum admiration .......OH SHIT!!"

seclark · 03-11-2019, 06:57 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Bwana

No Kidding.

Narcissistic chick: "Must get closer to impress my Facebook friends for maximum admiration .......OH SHIT!!"

seems like she's getting plenty of hits.
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**notorious** · 03-10-2019, 01:55 PM

Too bad she survived.

Deberg_1990 · 03-10-2019, 01:56 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by notorious

Too bad she survived.

Hahah. Was waiting for someone else to say that. Thanks.

KChiefs1 · 03-10-2019, 01:57 PM

Zoo’s are obsolete.

WhiteWhale · 03-10-2019, 09:37 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by KChiefs1

Zoo’s are obsolete.

You should probably look up what the word 'obsolete' means. You're clearly using the wrong word to describe whatever it is you're trying to describe.

Also, Zoos.

Just delete the post. It's not a good look.

Eleazar · 03-10-2019, 02:02 PM

I hope the jaguar is ok

**Rain Man** · 03-10-2019, 02:32 PM

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Originally Posted by Eleazar

I hope the jaguar is ok

Probably a little disappointed about getting distracted by the water bottle, but otherwise fine.

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