A Siberian tiger mauled a mom to death who was trying to rescue her daughter from another tiger’s claws, in a terrifying encounter caught on surveillance video at a wildlife park in China.
The deadly brush with nature happened at Badaling Wildlife World on the outskirts of Beijing on Saturday when a female passenger got into an argument with her travelling companions, prompting her to get out of the car and walk over to the driver’s side.
That’s when one tiger pounced, dragging the woman away.
A man and a second woman – the mother of the young lady who originally left the car – jumped out of the car to try to save her, and they did, according to local reports.
But the mother was killed when another tiger jumped on her, the International Business Times reported.
The Yanqing district government offered few details on the victim, believed to be the younger of the two women, The Guardian reported.
Park visitors are permitted to drive their own cars, but forbidden to get out in certain enclosures.