Escaped tigers killed by Spanish police
MADRID, Spain
Cocodrilo Park on the island of Gran Canaria says a zoo employee
cleaning outside the cage before opening time Tuesday mistakenly
pushed a button that opened the door of the cage.
The park says in a statement that four of the seven tigers
inside the cage stayed put but three escaped. Civil Guard police
later shot and killed them. No one was injured, and there were no
visitors in the zoo at the time.
The park said the cleaning employee was the only person near the
cage when the animals got out.
