Swedish zoo worker killed in wolf attack
STOCKHOLM, Sweden (AP) — Media reports say a zookeeper died after being attacked by wolves in their enclosure in Sweden’s largest zoo.
The TT news agency quoted Kolmarden Wildlife Park Animal Director Mats Hvggren as saying that the experienced 30-year-old woman was by herself in the pen when the attack occurred yesterday morning, and that zoo workers often enter the area alone.
The enclosure reportedly contains eight wolves. Park workers first realised that something had gone wrong when their colleague failed to maintain radio contact.
The Aftonbladet daily quoted Hoggren as saying zoo workers and paramedics entered the pen after forming a human chain and arming one person, but it was too late.
Hoggren said there were no witnesses to the attack at the park, which is located 90 miles south of Stockholm.
