Carter said that the zoo planned to set up a memorial fund in Konwiser’s memory to support conservation work for the species.
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Details on how and why Stacey Konwiser was bitten by this tiger are still unknown.
This is a very hard situation for all Zoo staff, family members of Konwiser, her family and the extended Zoo family.
A Malayan tiger attacked and killed a keeper at a Florida zoo. “This is something that Stacey performed daily, was proficient in performing”, Naki said.
Funeral services are being organized, officials said. The zoo is on lock-down and will remain closed until further notice.
She was airlifted to a hospital, where she died a short time later.
A woman has died after a tiger injured her inside a contained area at the Palm Beach Zoo, according to St. Mary’s Medical Center spokesman Ryan Lieber. “Stacey would not have wanted want the tiger blamed”. It is also one of the zoo’s most risky areas, which staff refers as Class 1.
Investigations into the incident are ongoing at this time.
Carter declined to answer whether Knowiser was alone with the tiger. OMG, this is just too sad for words, she sounds like she adored her tigers so much. “Thoughts and prayers are with Stacey’s husband, who is also a zookeeper”, said Carter. The incident is still considered an open investigation.
Immediately after the incident Friday, a Code Red was issued and “guests, who were never in any danger, were ushered out of the Zoo in an orderly fashion and the Zoo went into lockdown”, the zoo said in a statement Friday.
“This was her specialty”, she said. “At no time was any animal loose”, Ms Carter said.
A security guard stands at the entrance to the Palm Beach Zoo on Saturday April 16, 2016. On her latest tiger upload, she said: “The newest man of my life”. Four of those tigers are kept at the Palm Beach Zoo, according to Fox News. The Malayan Tiger is found in the central Malay Peninsula.
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Zoo personnel managed to tranquilize the animal. The federal Occupational Safety and Health Administration was also scheduled to visit the zoo. Nina Blakeman, right, of the Palm Beach Zoo, receives a hug inside the zoo office.
