Tigers involved in fatal attack at Beijing zoo park to remain in enhanced enclosure
Badaling Wildlife World reopens to the public although tour coaches will replace self-drive tours while security is upgraded
The tigers involved an attack that left one woman dead and her daughter severely injured after they left their car in wildlife park near Beijing in July will be kept “in captivity,” instead of being put down, a spokesman said.
On July 23, a 57-year-old woman was killed by a tiger, and her daughter seriously injured, after they got out of their car in the enclosure, despite there being multiple signs warning visitors to stay inside their vehicles.
The Badaling Wildlife World park in Yanqing district of Beijing, which had been closed since the tragedy while an investigated was conducted, reopened to the public on Thursday, although the tiger enclosure remained closed.
The park has temporarily replaced self-driving tours in the big cat zone with bus tours, Xinhua reported.
The tigers are protected wild animals, and the zoo has no power to kill them,” the spokesman said. Instead, they will remain “in captivity” – meaning, they will still be free to roam around their enclosure which is upgrading security.
