Zoo cleaner killed by Tigers
Thursday, 13th November 2008
A zoo cleaner, a contract worker with Sun City Maintenance Company, was mauled to death at the Singapore Zoo's white tiger enclosure. The tragic incident when he jumped into the enclosure and provoked the tigers into attacking him. It is not known exactly why the 32-year-old, Nordin Montong from Malaysia, decided to jumped into the tiger enclosure. During the incident, zookeepers and onlookers had thrown various items at the tigers in an attempt to distract them from Nordin. He was still alive after zookeepers succeeded in making the tigers retreat to their dens, but Nordin died later of his neck and leg injuries. This was the first time a person had been killed by an animal at the zoo since it opened in 1973.