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Rhino crushes Salzburg zookeeper to death
  + stars: | 2023-09-12 | by ( ) www.reuters.com   time to read: +1 min
VIENNA, Sept 12 (Reuters) - A rhinoceros crushed one zookeeper to death and injured another at Salzburg's zoo on the outskirts of the Austrian city on Tuesday, zoo officials said. The incident happened during the morning rounds in which the animals are fed and treated with insect repellent, Salzburg Hellbrunn Zoo director Sabine Grebner told a news conference. "We do not know exactly how it happened," Grebner said, adding that the female zookeeper who was killed had suffered chest injuries. The injured male zookeeper was rushed to hospital but his life is not in danger. The female zookeeper, a German from the state of Bavaria, was very experienced and specialised in rhinos, while the male colleague was in charge of animal feed.
Persons: Sabine Grebner, Grebner, zookeeper, Francois Murphy, Ed Osmond Organizations: Salzburg Hellbrunn Zoo, Thomson Locations: VIENNA, Austrian, Salzburg, Bavaria
CNN —A zookeeper in Austria has died and another has been seriously injured after being attacked by a rhino, Salzburg police said on Tuesday. The rhino attacked a 33-year-old female animal keeper while she attended to her early morning work in the animal’s enclosure at Salzburg Hellbrunn Zoo, police said in a press release. According to its website, the zoo is home to 150 species and 1,500 animals – including white rhinos. White rhinos are the second-largest land mammal and they can weigh between 3,080 and 7,920 pounds, according to the World Wide Fund for Nature. With fewer than 16,000 white rhinos left, their status is near-threatened.
Persons: zookeeper, Ulrike Ulmann, , Ulmann Organizations: CNN, Salzburg Hellbrunn Zoo, Salzburg University Hospital, Fund, Nature Locations: Austria, Salzburg, Tamu, Athos
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