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Tantius, Britta, Wittschieber, Daniel, Schmidt, Sven, Rothschild, Markus A. and Banaschak, Sibylle ORCID: 0000-0002-1413-1250 (2016). Two fatal tiger attacks in zoos. Int. J. Legal Med., 130 (1). S. 185 - 190. NEW YORK: SPRINGER. ISSN 1437-1596

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Abstract

Two captive tiger attacks are presented that took place in Cologne and Munster zoos. Both attacks occurred when the handlers, intent on cleaning the enclosures, entered whilst the tigers accidently retained access to the location, and thus defended their territory against the perceived intruders. Both victims suffered fatal neck injuries from the bites. At Munster, colleagues managed to lure the tiger away from its victim to enable treatment, whilst the Cologne zoo tiger had to be shot in order to allow access to be gained. Whilst it was judged that human error led to the deaths of the experienced zookeepers, the investigation in Munster was closed as no third party was found to be at fault, whereas the Cologne zoo director was initially charged with being negligent. These charges were subsequently dismissed as safety regulations were found to be up to date.

Item Type:	Journal Article
Creators:	Creators Email ORCID ORCID Put Code Tantius, Britta UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED Wittschieber, Daniel UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED Schmidt, Sven UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED Rothschild, Markus A. UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED Banaschak, Sibylle UNSPECIFIED orcid.org/0000-0002-1413-1250 UNSPECIFIED
URN:	urn:nbn:de:hbz:38-291531
DOI:	10.1007/s00414-015-1216-0
Journal or Publication Title:	Int. J. Legal Med.
Volume:	130
Number:	1
Page Range:	S. 185 - 190
Date:	2016
Publisher:	SPRINGER
Place of Publication:	NEW YORK
ISSN:	1437-1596
Language:	English
Faculty:	Unspecified
Divisions:	Unspecified
Subjects:	no entry
Uncontrolled Keywords:	Keywords Language Medicine, Legal Multiple languages
Refereed:	Yes
URI:	http://kups.ub.uni-koeln.de/id/eprint/29153