Baby mauled by Tiger on Samui - Thursday 22 July

[Airbagwill]

I've only been able to find this in Israeli newspapers - has it been reported elsewhere?

 

https://www.timesofisrael.com/israeli-toddler-stable-after-mauled-by-tiger-in-thailand/

 

[Vacuum]

Tigers on Samui?  

[Briggsy]

Samui Aquarium and Tiger Zoo perhaps.

 

Not being reported in the Thai press. Without an official statement, and there doesn't appear to be one, the Thais will be able to keep this out of the news. Local papers are very reluctant to report without an official police statement or one from the zoo.

[khunPer]

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The attack took place during a visit by the boy’s vacationing family to a local animal park, after the tiger briefly escaped its handler.

 

I think they also have tiger-petting at Namuang Safari Park by Namuang Waterfall 2. It has been mentioned at Trip Advisor and is also an activity at their own homepage. 

 

 

However, it's been years ago since I last visited the Namuang Safari Park, but at that time they had no tigers.

 

The other possibility is as mentioned by @Briggsy Samui Aquarium & Tiger Zoo, where they also provide a possibility of a photo together with a tiger, and sometimes together with a baby tiger. They also have a tiger show, but not free-walking tigers.

 

 

Images are from the two zoo's websites.

[Airbagwill]

It's not the location of the attractions that concerns me so much as their very existence and an apparent blackout on the Thai media..

[moonseeker]

How "educated" travellers still can visit animal shows of this kind is beyond me. 

Hope the poor kid will be OK and his ignorant parents learned a lesson. MS>

[Tropicalevo]

It was reported in Bangkok Jack yesterday, but misquoted as a leopard.

[khunPer]

4 hours ago, Tropicalevo said:

It was reported in Bangkok Jack yesterday, but misquoted as a leopard.

–and not reveling any details of the accident...
 

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The circumstances of the attack remain, at the moment, unclear.

 

[katana]

The story was reported in Khaosod this Sunday 25/08/19.
It was a 6 year-old male leopard.
The director of the Safari Park said the child's grandfather opened the wooden door to the cage and when he saw the leopard he froze and didn't shut the door. The animal came out and attacked the child. Staff at the park quickly pulled the animal off and ushered it back in its cage. It was all over quickly with the animal only being free for 10 seconds.
The child has been discharged from hospital and is already back in Israel, with the safari park picking up the hospital costs.
Measures have been put in place to prevent it happening again.
The CCTV footage of the incident from the Khaosod article does seem to bear out the director's version of events.

 

[Airbagwill]

outrageous lack of safety precautions.

....and no justification for keeping these animals on Samui...or anywhere else for that matter.

[PoorSucker]