A 38 year old female employee, Stacey Konwiser who had worked at the Palm Beach Zoo for over three years and took care of 4 Malayan Tigers was mauled to death by one of the Tigers she trained on Friday.
According to the Palm Beach Post, she was performing a routine procedure in the night house where the tigers sleep at about 1:45pm in preparation for her show which was scheduled at 2pm in the Zoo when she got attacked and mauled to death by the 13-year-old tiger.

As soon as that happened, Animal Control was contacted about the attack but Animal Control contacted the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission who responded to the call.
Zoo officials issued a code red alert after the attack and the male Malayan tiger received tranquilizers. Visitors were all moved to a safe place and all the 250 animals in the Zoo were accounted for.

Konwiser was taken to St Mary's Medical Center where she later died after suffering a 'severe bite' wound, a top zoo official told the newspaper.

Her husband of 10 years Jeremy is also a keeper at Palm Beach Zoo.

The zoo was evacuated and shut down and all the guests were safe. Officials say the zoo will be closed for the next two days, according to spokeswoman Naki Carter.
She told the Sun Sentinel:
'The tiger never escaped,'.'We have safety protocols for when incidents like this occur. We initiated those safety protocols.'
West Palm Beach Police said the tiger was tranquilized. Authorities had to wait until the drugs took effect on the tiger before rescue crews could get in to help the victim.

Malayan tigers are considered an endangered species. There are 250 and 340 of them around the world according to WWF.

http://www.blackberrybabes.com/2016/04/tiger-trainer-killed-by-one-of-her.html

SEE HER PICTURE BEING TAKEN AWAY BY PARAMEDICS HERE

http://www.blackberrybabes.com/2016/04/tiger-trainer-killed-by-one-of-her.html

But she get mind sha. RIP Stacey Konwiser

All jobs have their hazards, but this is too dangerous u can't completely control wild beasts. RIP

Eeyah RIP

u died for your passion, that's a life worth livinh.
R.I.P

Hian!

RIP

There was only one way she was ever going to die

Sad...

Eeyah

You can't train out the killing instinct in pantheras. Tigers, particularly, have this killing instinct than any other pantheras. Weird appearances, like painting of the face, the one she had on her face, prey-like posture, can spook the tiger, and stir its instinct into thinking she was a threat or a prey thus, instigating the tiger to attack.

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'The tiger never escaped,'.'We have safety protocols for when incidents like this occur. We initiated those safety protocols.'
West Palm Beach Police said the tiger was tranquilized. Authorities had to wait until the drugs took effect on the tiger before rescue crews could get in to help the victim.

Malayan tigers are considered an endangered species. There are 250 and 340 of them around the world according to WWF.

http://www.blackberrybabes.com/2016/04/tiger-trainer-killed-by-one-of-her.html

I expected them to neutralize the tiger, than tranquilize it. I guess they didn't want to waste the tiger because of its endangered status. This was a wrong decision to make, which most likely led to her death. She was in a critical condition after the attack, they shot the tiger with a dart and waited for awhile for the tranquilizer to take effect, instead of shooting the tiger dead with live ammunition, which wld give them instant access to the victim, then apply pressure to stop the bleeding, and rush her to the hospital for quick treatment. But that wasn't so. They waited for the tranquilizer to take effect, while the victim bled profusely. Before help cld get to her in time, it was already late.

The tiger and the zoo management were equally responsible for her death!