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New York Post
21 Aug 2024


NextImg:NJ woman nearly has hand chewed off by tiger after climbing zoo fence: video

She was a whisker away from a Darwin Award.

South Jersey cops are looking for a woman after she hopped a zoo fence outside a tiger exhibit to get up close and personal with one of the big cats, and nearly lost her hand in the process.

Video shared on Facebook by the Bridgeton, NJ Police Department Tuesday shows the reckless woman sticking her hand through the wire enclosure fence at Cohanzick Zoo, offering it up to the massive beast like a canapé.

The unidentified woman reaches through the wire fence. Bridgeton Police Department

After curiously sniffing for a moment, the Siberian tiger suddenly lunges toward the woman and tries to bite her hand, which she quickly jerks back before appearing to briefly hold still while looking off in the distance, as if posing for a photograph.

The video ends with her hopping back over the wooden fencing, which looks to be about four feet high.

“A female at the Cohanzick Zoo went over the wooden fence at the tiger enclosure and began enticing the tiger almost getting bit by putting her hand through the wire enclosure,” police said in a statement.

The department shared the video in the hopes someone would recognize the woman, asking the public to send anonymous tips through its website.

“Reminder to the public when visiting the zoo, that it is against City Ordinance to climb over any fence,” they wrote.

The tiger tried to lunge at the woman.
The tiger tried to lunge at the woman. Bridgeton Police Department

Bridgeton is located about 50 miles south of Philadelphia. Cohanzick Zoo, which opened in 1934, bills itself as the first zoo in the Garden State. It houses around 45 species of animals, including leopards, bears, wallabies and mountain lions.