A keeper at a Dutch zoo has died days after being mauled by a leopard, the safari park announced on Tuesday.
The woman, who has not been named but was in her fifties, was attacked while caring for two Persian leopards at Safaripark Beekse Bergen in Hilvarenbeek on Saturday morning.
It is unclear exactly what happened as there are no cameras inside the enclosure. The animals were being kept indoors because of bad weather and staff are normally separated from the predators.
Colleagues reportedly found the woman after hearing her cry out for help over her walkie-talkie.
She was airlifted to hospital with severe
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