New Zealand's Hamilton Zoo not to put down tiger that killed zookeeper

A New Zealand zoo has decided that it will not euthanise a Sumatran tiger that attacked and killed a veteran zookeeper.

New Zealand's Hamilton Zoo not to put down tiger that killed zookeeper

A New Zealand zoo has decided that it will not euthanise a Sumatran tiger that attacked and killed a veteran zookeeper.

The male tiger named Oz killed 43-year-old Samantha Kudeweh on Sunday morning inside the animal’s enclosure at Hamilton Zoo. Ms Kudeweh had been a zookeeper for more than 20 years and was the mother of two children, aged nine and three.

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