Hello Kitty…nom, nom, nom…
NHK and the Kyodo News are reporting that a fun-loving Hello Kitty killed its zoo keeper at the Kyoto Zoo this afternoon. Somehow I don’t think there will be any mention of it on the official website of the Kyoto Zoo, but here’s is a photo of the/a tiger in that zoo.
Photo via mistermoss‘ flickr.
UPDATE: Here HelloKitty, kitty, kitty…
Japanese zookeeper mauled to death by tiger
June 7, 2008 CNN.com… …The 150-kilogram (330-pound) tiger bit him on the neck and face, Ootaguro said. Ito, who lay bleeding in the cage, was discovered by a zoo visitor. After the fatal accident, the Kyoto City Zoo was closed.
Finally, rest-of-the-story….
Keeper dies trying to get tiger to mate
NEWS.com.au – June 07, 2008 08:38pm…Zoo staff shot the tiger with a tranquiliser gun and rushed Mr Ito to a hospital, but he was pronounced dead…Mr Ito, 40, had been trying to couple the tiger with a three-year-old female tiger…more...
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