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Tiger that killed a zookeeper in the UK won't be put down

Rosa King died last Monday after she entered a tiger enclosure.

A TIGER THAT killed a female zookeeper in the UK will not be put down, the zoo has said.

Rosa King, a senior zookeeper at Hamerton Zoo Park in Cambridgeshire, died last Monday (29 May) after she entered a tiger enclosure.

Hammerton Zoo said yesterday in a statement on Facebook that management had decided not the put the tiger down following the incident.

“We have received a number of enquiries from members of the public asking about the tiger following last weeks incident,” the zoo said.

“After extensive consultation with the staff at the zoo, we have decided not to put down the tiger.

This decision has been fully supported by Rosa’s family.

The zoo said it was awaiting the findings of an investigation being carried out by the Huntingdonshire District Council Environmental Health Department.

“If we receive regulatory or professional guidance to the contrary, we will review our position,” the zoo said.

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    Feb 27th 2013, 11:35 AM

    R.I.P. Robert mc Cartney. He intervened to save his friend, died because he stood up for his friend, against phsycos on a power trip. Brave partner and friends had to fight so hard for any form of justice. great family they did him proud

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    Feb 27th 2013, 3:46 PM

    Well said. His sisters have been stoic and brave. I hope they get justice.

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    Feb 27th 2013, 11:31 AM

    3 members batter and eviscerate a bloke, and the best punishment that the fiendishly imaginative Provo punishment squad could come up with was expulsion.
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    Feb 27th 2013, 8:04 PM

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    Apr 17th 2013, 10:09 PM

    Typical Irish media:showing a Loyalist informer as an’innocent family man’.One sided propaganda as always.

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