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Woman Killed by Tiger After Exiting Her Vehicle at Beijing Animal Park

CCTV footage shows a woman being mauled and dragged away by a tiger.

— -- One woman died and another was severely injured after a tiger attacked them when they exited their vehicle while at the Beijing Badaling Wildlife World this weekend, according to Yanqing County government.

The incident, caught in part on surveillance video, took place on Saturday at an outdoor, drive-through animal park in China, where visitors can drive around in their cars and view exotic animals as if on a safari. The tragedy occurred when one woman exited her vehicle while in the Siberian tiger enclosure part of the animal park.

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Surveillance footage shows a woman exiting the passenger side of the vehicle, walking over to the driver's side, and then standing outside of the vehicle while she seems to speak with someone inside the car. Suddenly a tiger pounces on her, dragging the woman away from the vehicle and off camera.

Two more people then jump out of the car, running after the woman and tiger, disappearing off camera.

The woman who died was a 57-year-old mother who was trying to save her daughter from the tiger, according to the South China Morning Post. The daughter, in her 30s, who is reportedly the one seen being dragged away by the tiger in the surveillance video, was severely injured, the paper reported.

Badaling Wildlife World was immediately closed following the incident, and an investigation is underway, according to the Yanqing County government's official blog.

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Fatal Tiger Mauling Shows What's Wrong With Animal Parks

A woman's death in China could have been prevented, and it highlights some of the problems with captive animal parks.

Surveillance video at a wildlife park in northern China shows the horrifying moment a woman is attacked by a captive tiger . The woman survived, but her mother was killed after she rushed to defend her daughter.

The woman's husband also came to his wife's rescue and was not hurt.

The deadly encounter took place Saturday at Badaling Wildlife World outside Beijing. Yet the incident could have been prevented and is a reminder of the danger—and questionable track record—of such captive animal experiences, says Luke Dollar, a conservation biologist who directs National Geographic's Big Cats Initiative .

"Lack of awareness and lack of respect for wild animals can sometimes be very expensive, and unfortunately it cost a woman her life," Dollar says.

John Goodrich, the senior program director for tigers for the conservation group Panthera , puts it thus: "If you step out of a car in a cage full of tigers, it's common sense what could happen."

According to local news reports, guests are allowed to drive their own vehicles through a section of Badaling Wildlife World that features captive Siberian tigers. But such attractions are not a good idea, Dollar and Goodrich warn.

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In fact, the park has had several other safety problems in the past. A security guard who stepped out of a vehicle was killed by a tiger there in 2014. In March, another employee was killed by an elephant . In 2009, a man was killed by a tiger after he scaled a fence and entered an enclosure.

"I hope they're not taking any actions against the tiger," Goodrich adds.

Attempts to reach Badaling Wildlife World have so far not been successful. The county government issued a statement saying they are investigating the incident, the park has been temporarily closed, and that "here we remind the tourists, walkers must comply with the relevant regulations, improve safety awareness, to avoid accidents."

Captive Tigers Can Be More Dangerous

Lions and tigers in captive situations "often don't have a healthy fear of people," Dollar says. They often associate humans with food or positive attention, especially if they are hand raised.

Some wildlife attractions even permit people to pet or hand-feed big cats, which can exacerbate unnatural behaviors, he adds.

In contrast, in the wild, big cats tend to avoid people, possibly seeing them as rival predators or even as threats, particularly in areas with a history of hunting. When a person on a safari vehicle exits a vehicle around them—which can still be dangerous—the big cats typically scatter, Dollar says. ( Read about the woman killed by a lion in South Africa .)

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"But captive cats, which may have been around people their entire lives, may be curious when people get out of a vehicle, since that probably doesn't happen on a regular basis," Dollar says.

Local media have reported that the woman who first exited her car at the park Saturday may have been arguing with her husband, although a family friend later disputed that fact. If she was raising her voice, it could have attracted the tiger, Dollar says, since it could have piqued its curiosity, or even sounded like a distress call (predators often hone in on prey in distress).

( Read about the gorilla that attacked a boy in a U.S. zoo .)

Captive Parks Can Be Problematic

As the recent controversy over Thailand's tiger temple suggests , some captive wildlife attractions have been linked to supplying the black market for bones, skins, and other valuable contraband. And some facilities have been criticized for keeping animals in unsanitary, small, and unnatural conditions. Sometimes, lions and tigers are even kept together, causing them significant stress.

What's more, there's little evidence captive breeding on such a large scale is benefitting the species overall or in the wild, Dollar says. There are more than two times more tigers in captivity in the U.S. than there are throughout the entire world in the wild.

Although he's not familiar with Badaling Wildlife World in particular, Dollar says many captive animal attractions around the world are "exploitive and profiteering." The animals often "aren't being bred to restock wild populations," Dollar adds.

As of this writing we are unable to determine whether Badaling has ever released tigers into the wild. Goodrich says he is not aware of any reintroductions of tigers across China.

Still, "cats are amazingly resilient, and they do just fine if we can adequately manage and protect them," says Dollar.

Although the study has since been contested by some biologists , an April report estimated that there about 3,890 tigers left in the wild , up from 3,200 in 2010. Yet the April report estimated only seven wild tigers in China, noting that the country has yet to do a formal count. ( Read about the recent decline of leopards .)

Goodrich adds that China remains the world's biggest market for blackmarket tiger parts, which he calls "the driving force behind the decline of tigers." The country has done some work to protect its remaining wild tigers, but more could be done, he adds.

"I love the fact that people care about big cats, but I wish people could do what they can to help them without this exploitative component [of wildlife attractions]," Dollar says.

Note: This story was updated at 1:30 pm ET with comments from Goodrich of Panthera.

Follow Brian Clark Howard on Twitter and Google+ .

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GRAPHIC VIDEO: Tiger mauls woman to death at wildlife park

BEIJING, China -- Siberian tigers at a wildlife park in Beijing mauled a woman to death and wounded another when they stepped out of their car in an enclosure, a Chinese state-run newspaper said.

A tiger pounced on one of the women after she got out of a private car in which she was touring the Beijing Badaling Wildlife World on Saturday, the Legal Evening News reported.

The second woman was killed by another tiger that leapt at her after she stepped out of the vehicle to try to help her companion, the report said.

The Yanqing district government confirmed in an official microblog post that the tiger attack took place at the park, which lies at the foot of the Great Wall. It offered few details but said the injured person was being treated.

Visitors are allowed to drive their own vehicles around the park, but are forbidden from getting out while in certain enclosures, the report said.

A woman who answered the phone at the park refused to comment on the attack, saying only that the park was closed for two days due to forecasts of heavy rain.

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China Tiger Attack Kills Woman at Drive-Through Animal Park

Video shows tiger mauling in beijing, graphic surveillance video from an animal park in china captured a woman being attacked by a tiger after she left her car. that woman survived, while another woman who rushed to her rescue was killed..

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• July 25, 2016

A woman was killed by a tiger over the weekend after jumping out of a car in a Beijing animal park to try to save her daughter from a tiger attack, local government officials said.

At least one tiger mauled the women on Saturday at Badaling Wildlife World in a section that allows people to drive their own vehicles through a Siberian tiger enclosure, the Yanqing County government said in a written statement .

Surveillance video that circulated widely online showed a woman exit a car, then walk to the other side of the vehicle, where she was attacked a few seconds later by a tiger. As the animal dragged her away, her husband and mother jumped out in an attempt to rescue her.

The woman left the car because of an argument with her husband, reported The Legal Evening News, based in Beijing. The Beijing News, also based in the Chinese capital, quoted a friend of the family who denied that the couple had been fighting.

The woman who was first attacked was badly injured, and her mother, who left the car in an effort to save her daughter, was killed, The Beijing News reported. The woman’s husband was uninjured, as was their child, who remained in the vehicle, the newspaper said.

The park, near a famous section of the Great Wall in a county north of central Beijing, has had serious safety problems before. In March, a park employee was killed by an elephant . A security guard who stepped out of a patrol vehicle was killed by a tiger in 2014.

In 2009, an 18-year-old man was killed by a tiger in the park after he scaled a fence with two friends to enter the animals’ enclosure. The men had apparently been trying to take a shortcut through the park after a hike along the Great Wall, reported Xinhua, a state-run news agency.

While the number of wild tigers in China has dropped to fewer than two dozen living in the far northeast, where they cross back and forth into Russia, thousands of tigers are raised in parks around the country. Visitors to parks in cities like Harbin can pay to feed them, sometimes with live animals. Critics say such breeding programs do little to help wild populations and are sometimes used as cover for the illegal trade in animal parts, like tiger pelts and wine made from their bones.

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Woman killed, another injured in tiger attack at China wildlife park

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She begins to argue with her fellow traveller with the car door open when disaster strikes.

An enormous tiger attacks and drags the woman away along the road, prompting her companion, another woman, to also leave the vehicle and helplessly chase after her friend.

This is the moment a visitor to a Beijing wildlife park was mauled to death and another badly inured by Siberian tigers, Chinese media has reported.

The attack took place at Beijing Badaling Wildlife World on Saturday.

The woman reportedly left the vehicle following an altercation inside the car when a tiger attacked and dragged her away.

Another tiger mauled the woman to death before carrying off her body, Chinese media reported.

The two women, reported to be mother and daughter, were accompanied by a man who aided the rescue attempt and a small child. They both escaped uninjured.

The wildlife park, which has since been ordered to close, allows visitors to drive their own cars through an open space where the animals roam free.

Visitors to the park are cautioned not to alight from their vehicles.

A report on online news portal Sohu said that park personnel quickly rushed to the women’s aide, but were too late to save one of them.

The injured woman is recovering from her wounds in hospital, it added.

There was no mention of the incident on the park’s web page or social media account. A post on its microblog said that it was closed due to heavy rains.

The park has had at least one previous fatal tiger attack, Sohu reported, noting that a security guard was mauled to death in August 2014.

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Horror at Beijing Safari World as tigers attack women who exited car, killing one, injuring another

Video shows a Siberian tiger pouncing on one woman and dragging her away, seconds after she left the car. This is not the first tiger attack at the park

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A woman is dead, and another severely injured after a tiger attack at Beijing Badaling Safari World. Part of the attack was captured in a surveillance video, which showed a Siberian tiger pouncing on one of the women.

At the wildlife park located near the Great Wall, visitors can watch animals in a safari-like setting, but are warned not to get out of their cars. In the Saturday morning mauling, the video shows a woman in her mid-30s exiting the car, and walking around to the driver’s seat. Some reports say she got out of the car because of a family argument, but the South China Morning Post reported the family wasn’t fighting, but had thought they exited the main wildlife area.

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It was while talking to her husband that a tiger ran up behind her and knocked her down and dragged her away in a matter of seconds. The woman’s husband and her 57-year-old mother ran after the tiger in an attempt to rescue her. Off-camera, her mother was killed by a second tiger. The younger woman survived, and is at the hospital in serious condition. She underwent surgery Sunday morning. A young boy, also in the car, was unharmed.

According to What’s On Weibo, this is not the park’s first tragedy. In March of this year, the park’s managing director was trampled to death by an elephant. In 2009, an 18-year-old was killed by a tiger, and again in 2014 a guard was killed by a tiger.

In 2012, a tiger escaped the park when the electric fences were turned off to allow a patrol car to pass, the Global Times reported. An employee at the Chinese Association of Zoological Gardens told Global Times that Chinese wildlife parks have significant security concerns because there are no standards in the industry.

“There needs to be specific regulations for this industry, which can potentially endanger people’s lives,” she said.

Shanghai Daily reported that the park was now closed. According to the BBC, park officials haven’t publicly acknowledged the attack, but have said the park was closing for two days due to impending rain.

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Video Shows Tiger Mauling Woman Who Left Car In Chinese Safari Park

July 24, 2016 / 6:37 PM PDT / CBS San Francisco

BEIJING (CBS NEWS) -- Siberian tigers at a wildlife park in Beijing mauled a woman to death and wounded another when they stepped out of their car in an enclosure, a Chinese state-run newspaper said.

A tiger pounced on one of the women after she got out of a private car in which she was touring the Beijing Badaling Wildlife World on Saturday, the Legal Evening News reported.

The second woman was killed by another tiger that leapt at her after she stepped out of the vehicle to try to help her companion, the report said.

See the video below.

Video footage shows the first woman stepping out of a car, and the tiger pouncing on her. The tiger drags the woman just out of view of the camera, as another woman runs out of the car to help.

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A family got in trouble when an unexpected guest joined in their argument. A couple was reportedly fighting when a tiger attacked the woman.

Tiger Attacks a Woman

A Twitter   video went viral, featuring an unexpected encounter between humans and a fierce tiger. According to Crazy Clips in the caption, the woman exited the car during an argument with her husband in a safari park.

In the video, the car stops, and the woman immediately gets off the car. The driver - her husband - opens the door on his side.

They talk or probably argue while she stands outside the car until a huge Siberian tiger approaches the woman and attacks her. The big cat drags her out of the frame of the camera.

The husband and another woman ran out of the car to rescue her.

The post has garnered 2.6 million views, 2.5 retweets, and over 20,000 likes. Several netizens also reacted to the clip.

Steve Parker suggested   that the couple should have kept their argument in the car. Lord Flacko Slim said   it was "natural selection."

Another jokingly commented  that the moral of the story was for women to wait to get home before they yell at their husbands and not do it on the grounds of "the eye of the tiger" at lunchtime in the jungle.

What Really Happened in the Video?

The incident happened in 2016. According to The New York Times , the family was in a Beijing animal park, Badaling Wildlife World, in a section that allows people to drive their vehicles.

Her husband and the other woman - who was later identified as the woman's mother - jumped out in an attempt to rescue her. The woman who was first attacked was badly injured, but her mom, who tried to save her, was mauled to death.

The husband was uninjured, and so did their child, who remained inside the vehicle.

Woman gets out of the car to argue with her husband while inside a Tiger Safari 😳 pic.twitter.com/46HI74qhZj — Crazy Clips (@crazyclipsonly) April 27, 2023

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How Aggressive Are Tigers?

The outlet noted that the tiger that attacked the woman could be a Siberian tiger, which is the largest cat in the world, according to Jack of Science . Siberian tigers are considered more powerful and bigger than Bengal tigers.

They can weigh up to 660 pounds. Aside from being heavier and larger, Siberian tigers have long claws, which gives them an edge.

In general, although tigers are seen as a threat, they are elusive and would rather avoid humans. However, they tend to be aggressive and irritable when they are ill, injured, or can't hunt properly, according to Biology Dictionary .

Tigers are both fascinating and frightful beings. John Vaillant tells the story of Vladimir Markov, a hunter, and poacher in Far Eastern Russia, in his novel " The Tiger: A True Story of Vengeance and Survival ."

The gripping story detailed how a man-eating tiger was killing people in a remote village. The deadly predator was cunning, injured, and starving.

Vaillant also recounted how Markov wounded a tiger with a gunshot before snatching some of its prey.

The wounded tiger followed the hunter, searched his hut, and awaited his return home before killing and devouring him. The unusual instance shows the tiger waiting up to two days for the hunter before killing him, seemingly out of retaliation.

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Horrifying moment woman is dragged away by tiger after exiting her car in wildlife park

Family members rushed to save the woman after she was pulled to the ground.

Emily Brown

Shocking footage caught at a wildlife park in China shows the moment a woman was dragged away from her car by a Siberian tiger.

The incident took place at the Badaling Wildlife World in Beijing in 2016, when the woman was driving through the park with family members.

Warning: Distressing Footage:

Like many safari-style experiences, visitors to Badaling Wildlife World are permitted to drive their own cars around the park, but they are forbidden from getting out of the vehicle in certain enclosures.

The woman in the video, whose surname is Zhao, signed an agreement before entering the park which stated she would not exit her vehicle.

However, she later claimed to have believed the document was some kind of registration to enter the park, and that the ticket taker did not explain what she was signing.

As Zhao and her family toured the park, the woman said she began to feel carsick and decided to get out of the car.

Footage from the park shows her getting out of the car and walking around to the other side, where she stood by the open car door.

She appeared to check whether she was holding up any other cars before quickly turning to look behind her, where one of the park's Siberian tigers leapt towards her.

Zhao moved towards the car but the tiger was too quick for her, and pulled her to the ground before dragging her out of view.

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Zhao's family members quickly sprung into action, with the footage showing a man chasing the tiger before another woman, identified as Zhao's mother, jumped out of the car and ran to help.

Sadly, Zhao's mother was attacked and killed by another tiger as she tried to save her daughter.

Following the incident, the Yanqing district government confirmed an incident had taken place at the park and said an injured person, believed to be Zhao, was being treated.

Footage of the attack sparked mixed reactions online, with many viewers siding with the park and arguing the visitors had violated park rules.

Zhao later filed a lawsuit against the park, claiming she hadn't been fully informed of the park's dangers and that a nearby park official had failed to come to the rescue.

However, authorities in in Yanqing District published a report after the attack which stated it was not an 'industry security accident', meaning the park was not responsible.

Instead, the report stated the attack happened because those involved were not following the rules of the wildlife park.

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Tiger Attacks Tourist, Kills Another at China Safari Park

A tourist was killed by a tiger and another seriously injured after getting out of their car while touring a safari park in China.

An investigation was launched into the deadly incident at the Badaling Wildlife Park in Beijing.

Surveillance video captured the moment when two visitors in the front seats of a white sedan reportedly got into an argument while driving through the tiger enclosure on Saturday.

In the video, a woman is seen getting out of the car and walking around to the driver’s side door when a tiger suddenly attacks her from behind and drags her off.

The male driver immediately chases after them but retreats. A second woman in the back of the car joins the rescue attempt but authorities said she was killed by another tiger.

Park workers were on the scene within seconds but they were too late to save the victim.

The first woman was badly mauled and sustained serious injuries.

The safari park is located at the foot of the Badaling section of the Great Wall and is one of the largest of its kind in China.

It warns all tourists to keep their car doors locked and windows fully closed while in the park.

The driver, and a child who was in the car, were said to be unharmed.

The Associated Press