NEWSLINK: Woman tries to take selfie with jaguar, gets attacked

A woman was rushed to hospital in Mexico last Friday, having been attacked by a caged jaguar in a local zoo after reaching into its enclosure to take a selfie.


The 30-year-old victim, identified only as Noemí, of Puebla, was injured while visiting the "Bio Zoo" in Córdoba, Veracruz, with members of her family. She allegedly passed over a security line to snap a picture close to the big cat and was mauled on the arm, La República reported.


The woman was pulled from the animal by zoo staff and taken to the Córdoba general hospital for treatment by Red Cross paramedics, Posta reported.
The attack resulted in injuries to a tendon in the woman's arm and medical experts said the limb may have to be amputated, according to El Gráfico.

Images published by local media show surgeons treating lacerations to the arm.
Gonzalo Rodríguez Díaz, a legal representative for the zoo, said the woman was at fault for the incident as she broke the organization's policies by reaching into the cat's cage.


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