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A keeper who was mauled by a tiger at a zoo died accidentally after entering an enclosure without recognising that a metal slide designed to isolate the animal had been left open, an inquest has concluded.
Rosa King, 33, was savaged by a Malayan male called Cicip at Hamerton Zoo Park in Cambridgeshire.
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She died at the scene on May 29 2017 having suffered traumatic injuries including a severed spinal cord.
The zoo has since introduced a system where a tiger keeper entering the enclosure goes through procedures with a colleague over a handheld radio as they complete each task.
An inquest concluded on Wednesday that King’s death was an accident following more than two hours of deliberation by a jury and six days of evidence.