Rare White Tigers Kills Man at Singapore Zoo

White Tiger Kills Man
Three Sumatran white tigers mauled a Malaysian to death in Singapore's zoo on Thursday.The man, a cleaner, climbed over the fence,crossed the moat and up the grassy areas of the tiger and began attracting attention of the Tiger. He suffered injuries to his neck and body, and died before the ambulance arrived at 12.45pm. Nordin Bin Montong, 32, from Sarawak, leapt into the moat of the white tiger exhibit and was attacked, said Biswajit Guha, assistant director of zoology at the Singapore Zoo in a statement.

Man Behaving Erratically
It was reported he was in charge of the chimpanzee section instead of the white Tiger enclosure. He was seen behaving in an agitated manner past the crocodile areas before he fell into the moat. Mr Biswajit Guha told Reuters, "The police are still investigating it, we are not able to assert what exactly happened, but prior to the incident the keepers had actually noticed the contract worker behaving a bit erratically. He was throwing things around, as he was walking out of the zoo he was passing comments like, 'good-bye, you won't see me again" in Malay.

Visitors thought a new show
According the local newspaper, the Zoo visitors at the enclosure thought it was a new daring show until one of the tigers bit Mr Nordin's back and started dragging him to the tigers' den.Then it dawn that it is for real and the alarm was given. They started screaming.

Distract the Tigers
The noise from the attack caught the attention of zookeepers nearby and they eventually managed to distract two of the tigers but a third huge white tiger continued to maul him.The Keepers managed to separate the tiger away. While waiting for the ambulance, the vets attended to him but the bleeding to the neck and crushed skull kills the worker.

White Tiger Exhibit closed
The Singapore Zoo said the white tiger exhibit would be closed and investigations were ongoing after the midday attack. According to conservation group WWF, there are about 4,000 tigers left in the world and they are an endangered species.
White tigers are even rarer because they suffer from a genetic condition that strips their fur of the orange pigment,leaving the animal with snow white fur, black stripes and blue eyes.
Meanwhile, all safety procedures have been upgraded and checked such that the incidents would not happen again.