Exotic Incident #966
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Denver, CO - USA
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Incident Date:
24/02/2007
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Summary:
A zookeeper at the Denver Zoo died after a 6-year-old jaguar, Jorge, mauled her in the doorway of his exhibit. Jorge was fatally shot when he approached emergency workers who were treating the injured woman.