TRAGEDY! TIGER INJURED ZOO KEEPER

A tiger trainer has been flown to hospital by helicopter after one of the animals bit him on the neck at the Australia Zoo, opened by the late crocodile hunter Steve Irwin.
David Styles, 30, suffered puncture wounds to the neck in the incident described by one visitor as 'horrifying.'
He was treated by paramedics before being flown to a flown to the Royal Brisbane and Women's Hospital by the RACQ Careflight helicopter in a serious condition.

Tragic: David Styles has worked with big cats for nine years but suffered horrifying injuries in the attack today

He was conscious and breathing, but was sustained two large puncture wounds from the attack. .
The zoo is famous throughout the world as it was owned by crocodile hunter Steve Irwin who was killed by a stingray barb while swimming off the North Queensland coast in 2006.
Australia Zoo director Wes Mennon was quick to comment the actions of a group of zoo keepers  nearby who saw the attack and helped drag the trainer away from the tiger.

He said: 'At the time of the incident, our emergency response team were on the scene immediately.
'They acted professionally and calmly. My hat goes off to them.'

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