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Message: <blockquote data-quote="lkdood" data-source="post: 6910907" data-attributes="member: 92282">A ZOO keeper has been killed by a  Bengal tiger at Shanghai Zoo after apparently forgetting to lock the  animal's cage.                                                                 Li Zhonglin, 53, was attacked by the 10-year-old male tiger on  Saturday as he cleaned outside its cage with the door unlocked, state  news agency Xinhua reported, quoting local forestry officials.A  witness told newspaper, Xinmin Evening News, that the tiger  pounced on Li and "gnawed" his neck.Zoo workers and veterinarians  "with narcotic equipment" were called immediately and had the tiger  under control within 10 minutes, the newspaper reported.The tiger  has been put in isolation.Medical personnel called to the scene  confirmed the zoo keeper had been killed.The State Forestry  Administration said last month that there were nearly 6,000 captive  tigers in China, most of them on "tiger farms" where the animals are  bred for body parts used in traditional medicine.<a href="http://www.heraldsun.com.au/news/world/tiger-kills-keeper-at-shanghai-zoo/story-e6frf7lf-1225837783275" target="_blank">heraldsun</a></blockquote>

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