A tiger escaped from an enclosure in Schkeuditz near Leipzig airport during a warm spring afternoon when residents were working in garden allotments. The animal attacked a 72-year-old man at the enclosure run by Carmen Zander and then ran free among nearby allotments. Police were alerted by panicked neighbors, tracked the tiger to a nearby allotment complex, and killed it about 30 minutes after the escape to prevent further danger. Officers used lethal force after firing shots near a small fence. The keeper was seriously injured and remained in hospital. Police said they lacked a veterinarian or a stun gun at the time, and prosecutors opened an investigation into suspected negligent bodily harm related to safety protocol breaches.
"On Sunday afternoon, a warm spring day when many hobby gardeners were tending to their flower beds, the tiger attacked a 72-year-old man at an enclosure kept by the former tamer Carmen Zander and escaped. Officers alerted to the scene by panicked neighbours tracked the animal down to a nearby allotment complex and killed it about 30 minutes after it had escaped to prevent danger to those present, police said."
"Witnesses said officers climbed on to the roof of a car and fired three shots at the tiger, which had been lying just a few metres from a small fence bordering the gardens. Our paradise was shattered, Silvia Kaempf, 68, who has a shed in the neighbouring allotment association, told local media. The keeper, who police said had been in the tiger enclosure with permission, is reported to still be in hospital with severe scratches and bites and is unable to answer investigators' questions."
"A spokesperson said the police did not have a veterinarian or a stun gun at their disposal at the time of the escape, leaving only lethal means to restore public order. Prosecutors said no inquiry was planned against the officers who killed the animal. But the regional public prosecutor's office said it had opened an investigation into suspected negligent bodily harm against Zander, 52, over possible breaches of safety protocols."
"The mayor of the Dolzig district where Zander lives with the tigers, Thomas Druskat, called for the immediate removal of the enclosure. It's unth"
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