Tigers maul zoo worker in front of tourists

Six Bengal tigers mauled a zoo worker as she was feeding the animals in front of about 100 tourists, leaving the 18-year-old woman in intensive care at a hospital, it was reported today.

Uraiwan Sansern, who was not a qualified animal trainer, hit one of the tigers with a stick in an attempt to make it sit as part of a show for the visitors, The Nation newspaper reported.