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Woman severely mauled by jaguar after she crosses the zoo barrier to click a selfie with it

The woman was trying to take a selfie with the jaguar on Saturday at the Wildlife World Zoo near Phoenix when the predator dug its claws into her left arm.
UPDATED MAR 10, 2019

A woman was attacked by a jaguar at an Arizona zoo on Saturday after she crossed over the zoo's barrier to take a selfie. Fire officials in Litchfield Park, Arizona said the visitor, who is in her 30s, sustained injuries that were not life-threatening.

According to Shawn Gilleland of the Rural Metro Fire Department, the attack took place Saturday evening at the Wildlife World Zoo in Litchfield Park, CNN reports. The zoo posted a tweet citing witness accounts that a guest had crossed over the barrier to take a selfie when a female jaguar attacked her.

Witnesses said the woman was trying to take a selfie with the jaguar on Saturday when it lashed out at her at the Wildlife World Zoo near Phoenix. (YouTube)
Witnesses said the woman was trying to take a selfie with the jaguar on Saturday when it lashed out at her at the Wildlife World Zoo near Phoenix. (YouTube)
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