A zoo worker has been rushed to hospital after being seriously injured in a mauling by a leopard.
The 25-year-old employee suffered severe injuries to his neck when he was attacked by the big cat at Jerusalem Biblical Zoo in Israel. Police said that officers from the Moriah Station in the Jerusalem District were dispatched to the scene to investigate the incident.
Paramedics found the man bleeding and unconscious, according to Magen David Adom, and he was rushed to Hadassah Hospital in Ein Kerem for emergency treatment.x
The world-renowned zoo is known to have two rare Persian leopards which arrived in January and it is one of the biggest tourist attractions in Jerusalem.
But in August 2024, in another incident involving an employee a crocodile attacked a worker. The man, aged in his 40s, suffered serious injuries to his body and face. A security guard opened fire on the crocodile, likely saving the worker’s life.
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