Overview
- Police shot and killed the tiger after it attacked a 73-year-old caretaker near Leipzig, and the victim is in hospital with serious wounds.
- The animal broke out of a private site in Schkeuditz and was found in nearby garden plots about 300 meters away roughly 30 minutes later as officers used a helicopter in the search.
- Police said no other tigers escaped and they declared there was no further danger to the public.
- Media identified the owner as trainer Carmen Zander, known as the 'Tiger Queen,' who keeps big cats on an industrial estate near the city.
- Police are investigating how the escape happened, with possible charges not ruled out, and PETA urged authorities to seize the remaining tigers as local officials pressed for the animals to be moved to larger, zoo-like housing.