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A zookeeper at Beekse Bergen safari park in the Netherlands was seriously injured in an attack by a Persian leopard. Reports say the keeper's condition has worsened, with doctors giving a very small chance of recovery. Dutch media are also profiling the animal involved, describing the Persian leopard as one of the Big Five cats and a powerful hunter.
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A young girl was attacked by an Arctic wolf during a zookeeper-led event and had to be airlifted to hospital for treatment. The incident, reported by Fox News, occurred in front of staff during what was meant to be an organized animal presentation. Details about her condition or the zoo involved have not been released.
- 3Warsaw Zoo holds night honouring couple behind The Zookeeper's Wife▼Warsaw Zoo hosts night celebrating wartime couple who inspired Hollywood movie
Warsaw Zoo has hosted a special evening event honouring Jan and Antonina Zabinski, the zookeeper couple who saved hundreds of Jews during the Second World War by hiding them in the zoo's enclosures and villa. Their story inspired the Hollywood film The Zookeeper's Wife. Visitors gathered to commemorate their wartime heroism.