24-year-old Mohammed Abdul Mohsen was able to survive the fall in a cage with Bengal tigers at the zoo in Riyadh (Saudi Arabia), where he attacked one of the tigers. This tragic event was filmed by witnesses.
Zoo staff reported the tragedy at about 10:30 in the morning. After arriving at the scene, they shot the animal with a dart with tranquilizers. In a statement issued by the municipality of Riyadh, said: «Making sure tiger neutralized, zoo staff were able to rescue a wounded man, pulling him out of the pit».
Mohsen was taken to a nearby hospital where he was diagnosed with injuries to the neck and legs. His condition doctors assessed as stable. The guy is recovering from his wounds and the experience of stress.
While it is not known as Mohammed was in the tiger enclosure. There were reports alleging that he had used a rope to descend in the cage. But Mohammed Mohsen categorically denies these allegations.
This is not the first case lately when people attack «big cat». In early December at the Zoological gardens Karachi (Pakistan) zoo worker was attacked by a lion at feeding time. This incident was observed by the group came to the horror of visitors. Some of them filming the event on video.
A zoo employee threw raw meat into the enclosure. At this moment lion attacked him, biting a hand through the bars of the fence. The employee tried to break free, but the lion only increased his grip. When the predator finally let go of a man, the victim was taken to civil hospital Karachi.
Qamar Ayub, Director of the Karachi zoo, said: «Our employee was provided with immediate assistance and he is now stable. It was an accident, and we all sympathize with him.» Qamar also explained that the employee had violated the policy of the zoo and put himself at risk of attack by feeding the lion on the wrong end of the cage.
