CCTV published footage of the incident showing one woman getting out and standing beside the auto before quickly being attacked and dragged away.
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The report says 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.
Tigers maul woman to death after she gets out of carVisitors are cautioned not to alight from their vehicles.
The two women were accompanied by a man – who aided the rescue attempt – and a small child, who were uninjured, it said, adding that the park has been ordered to close for ‘rectification’.
Visitors are prohibited from departing their vehicles precisely because the animals the are so risky, a point that was reiterated by the local Yanqing district government in a Weibo post.
The Daily Mail, however, published more details in another article.
The injured woman is recovering from her wounds in hospital, it added.
The family were eventually rescued by Badaling’s staff, but there was nothing that could be done for the older woman. She was following the younger woman, who first stepped out after arguing with her husband. The piece cites this Sohu article as its source.
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Park officials have declined to comment, saying only that the facility is closed because of forecasts for heavy rain.
