A tiger has died after being shot when it bit the arm of a cleaner at a zoo in Florida.
Eko, an eight-year-old Malayan tiger, was found with the man’s arm in its mouth at Naples Zoo on Wednesday.
A sheriff’s deputy attempted to get the tiger to release the man but was forced to shoot the animal.
The tiger retreated into its enclosure after being shot and was sedated by a vet in order for it to be safely examined, but was later announced to have died.
The cleaner, in his 20s, was seriously injured and taken to a hospital, NBC News reported.
He worked for a third-party cleaning service and was hired to clean toilets and the gift shop.
It has been reported that he put his arm into the tiger’s enclosure and was not supposed to be in that area of the zoo.