Man Dies At Singapore Zoo Tiger Compound :Sources

[des_yeo03]

SINGAPORE, Nov 13, 2008 (AFP) - A man was found dead at a tiger compound in the Singapore Zoo on Thursday, sources said.

Police said they were called to the zoo about 12:30 pm (0430 GMT) where they found a man, aged in his early 30s, with injuries to his neck and body. He was pronounced dead shortly after.

They would not say where the incident occurred but a source said it was in a tiger compound.

Police said they were investigating the "unnatural" death.

Spokesmen for the zoo could not be immediately reached for comment.

http://sg.news.yahoo.com/afp/20081113/tap-singapore-animal-zoo-incident-06f3cb7.html

[des_yeo03]

SINGAPORE, Nov 13, 2008 (AFP) - An apparently disturbed worker was mauled to death by three tigers at the Singapore Zoo on Thursday when he deliberately jumped into their enclosure, the zoo said.

The white tigers pounced on the 32-year-old contract cleaner after he jumped into the moat surrounding their enclosure and then moved toward the animals, the zoo said in a statement.

The zoo, one of Singapore's most prominent tourist attractions, described the victim as "apparently disturbed and agitated".

Fellow workers reported that he "was acting a little bit erratic and odd, throwing papers around" before the incident, assistant director of zoology Biswajit Guha told Singapore's 938Live radio.

Guha said the cleaner worked at the chimpanzee area and was on his lunch break when the tragedy occurred.

"Goodbye, I won't be seeing you again," Guha quoted the victim as telling one of the zookeepers.

"And they saw him riding off on a bicycle and coming back in through the front entrance again, and then about five minutes later, the whole alert came on the walkie talkie," he said.

Horrified visitors screamed as zookeepers rushed into the tiger enclosure to try to rescue the victim.

They threw rocks to try to distract the animals, which dragged their victim toward a passageway, said Guha.

Zoo workers finally succeeded in luring the tigers away from the man and confining them to their pens, but paramedics later pronounced him dead.

The victim had injuries mainly to his head and neck, Lieutenant Colonel N. Subhas, the director of public affairs with the Singapore Civil Defence Force, told AFP.

The zoo identified the dead man as Nordin Bin Montong, a zoo contract worker from Malaysia.

"At no time was any visitor or Singapore Zoo staff exposed to any danger," the zoo said.

Police said they were called to the zoo about 12:30 pm (0430 GMT) and were investigating the "unnatural" death.

The zoo said the moat and other permanent safety features at the enclosure meant there was no risk to visitors or staff.

"Nonetheless, we have temporarily closed the White Tiger exhibit to visitors to facilitate investigations into this unfortunate incident," it said.

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[des_yeo03]

e_XMflEdAkc

I was wondering why no one uploaded the video...Abit blurr but i m sure you won't want to see too clearly.

RIP to the guy. :pray2:

[cyc]

even tho' that guy was thinking of ending his life, dunno why he chose to die this way *sigh* seeing how he raised his broken leg in agony, feel sad for him man :(

[Leslie]

Go tigers go! :hh2:

[des_yeo03]

even tho' that guy was thinking of ending his life, dunno why he chose to die this way *sigh* seeing how he raised his broken leg in agony, feel sad for him man :(

I see it as his boots falling off when he raise his leg. :thinking:

[cyc]

I see it as his boots falling off when he raise his leg. :thinking:

maybe, u're rite lah, after watching it again...

[Koo]

I wonder if anyone here in HH will ask or show some care, if one's colleague has thrown his wallet and lunch coupons in a crocodile enclosure. Singapore zoological garden has shown the " infamous i dun know and I dun care attitude" which can prevented this "suicide" from happening in the 1st place

[Koo]

There seems to be more about the dark side of the Sun City contact cleaning company which employ the late Mr Nodin who is the contract cleaner whose "suicide death by tigers" in the today's Newpaper.

[Miracle]

There seems to be more about the dark side of the Sun City contact cleaning company which employ the late Mr Nodin who is the contract cleaner whose "suicide death by tigers" in the today's Newpaper.

Can fill us in with the story?