Family of man killed by tiger in eastern China blames zoo for negligence

The entrance to the Youngor Wildlife Park in Ningbo, Zhejiang province where a tiger killed a visitor after the man entered its enclosure. Photo: AFP.

BEIJING: The family of a man mauled to death by a tiger at a zoo in eastern China has accused the management of negligence for not sufficiently securing the premises and the animals’ enclosure where he was attacked, according to an interview on news portal Sina video.

Last Sunday’s tragedy occurred when the 40-year old man, surnamed Zhang, climbed over two three-metre walls and a wire fence into the tiger enclosure to avoid paying the 130 yuan entrance fee at the Ningbo Youngor Zoo in Zhejiang province, according to the zoo’s management.