{"id":446464,"date":"2026-05-17T16:45:08","date_gmt":"2026-05-17T16:45:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/446464\/"},"modified":"2026-05-17T16:45:08","modified_gmt":"2026-05-17T16:45:08","slug":"german-police-kill-escaped-tiger-one-animal-handler-seriously-injured","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/446464\/","title":{"rendered":"German police kill escaped tiger, one animal handler seriously injured"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">German police shot dead a tiger that escaped from a private facility near the eastern city of Leipzig, with one man seriously injured in the incident, authorities said on Sunday.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Police said a 73-year-old man was inside the enclosure when the animal broke free in Schkeuditz, on the outskirts of Leipzig.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">He was described as a volunteer authorized to be on the premises and was taken to the hospital with serious injuries.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">The tiger escaped around 1 pm (1100 GMT), police said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Officers arrived in large numbers and later located the animal in a nearby garden area. The animal was then shot dead at the scene.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Police said there was no indication that any other animals had escaped, but added that officers would deploy a drone to survey the area and ensure none remained at large.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Authorities have not yet determined how the animal managed to get out. In Schkeuditz, a tiger tamer is known to keep big cats in an industrial estate.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">According to media reports, the trainer had faced repeated allegations in the past regarding her handling of tigers.<\/p>\n<p><img alt=\"Heavily armed police officers are on the scene in an industrial park in Schkeuditz. German police have shot dead a tiger that escaped from a private facility near the eastern city of Leipzig, a spokeswoman said on Sunday. (zu dpa: \u00abGerman police kill escaped tiger, one animal handler seriously injured\u00bb) -\/EHL Media\/dpa\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"800\" height=\"532\" decoding=\"async\" data-nimg=\"1\" class=\"rounded-lg\" style=\"color:transparent\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/599712faa45a454f9c8cbbe5a14ced56.jpeg\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Heavily armed police officers are on the scene in an industrial park in Schkeuditz. German police have shot dead a tiger that escaped from a private facility near the eastern city of Leipzig, a spokeswoman said on Sunday. (zu dpa: \u00abGerman police kill escaped tiger, one animal handler seriously injured\u00bb) -\/EHL Media\/dpa<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"German police shot dead a tiger that escaped from a private facility near the eastern city of Leipzig,&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":446465,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[26],"tags":[208809,208805,208806,85,46,116307,208808,208807,141,18724,386],"class_list":["post-446464","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-wildlife","tag-animal-handler","tag-german-police","tag-german-police-kill","tag-il","tag-israel","tag-police-officers","tag-private-facility","tag-schkeuditz","tag-science","tag-tiger","tag-wildlife"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/446464","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=446464"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/446464\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/446465"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=446464"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=446464"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=446464"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}