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Tiger Bites Zoo Employee

By: Keith Jones Email
Updated: Mon 3:19 PM, Nov 17, 2008

A tiger at the Luray Zoo seriously injured an employee Sunday.

The Page County Sheriff's Office says the worker's pinkie finger had to be amputated as result of a tiger bite.

The owner of the zoo did not comment on how the incident happened.

The worker was taken by helicopter for medical treatment.


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