Animal handler attacked by tiger at Australia theme park, rushed to hospital with serious wounds to her arm
CBSSEP 2024
A 47-year-old trained animal handler received "serious lacerations and puncture wounds" after she was attacked by a tiger at the Dreamworld theme park near Queensland's Gold Coast on Monday.
The veteran handler, identified as Melissa Reynolds, was transported to Gold Coast University Hospital at about 9 a.m. local time after a five-year-old 180-kg tiger bit her on the forearm and shoulder.
According to Queensland Ambulance Service Director Justin Payne, Reynolds, an "experienced" handler, arrived in the hospital "pale and feeling unwell." She is reportedly in a stable condition.