A veteran zookeeper has been killed by a tiger at a South Florida zoo, officials said.

Zookeeper was killed in the Malayan tiger's enclosure

Tiger was 13-year-old male

Officials declined to comment on whether there have been other incidents with tiger

Palm Beach Zoo spokeswoman Naki Carter said Stacey Konwiser, 38, was killed Friday afternoon by a 13-year-old male tiger.

West Palm Beach Police spokeswoman Lori Colombino says Konwiser was attacked in the Malayan tiger's enclosure. Colombino says the tiger was tranquilized.

Media reports say guests were herded into the gift shop for a short time. Police said the tiger is in a contained area and guests were not at risk. The zoo said it will remain closed Friday.

Zoo officials say Konwiser's husband was also a zookeeper there. They declined to comment on whether there had been other incidents with the tiger.

Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission officials said they planned to investigate.

Sadly this isn’t the first time something like this has happened.

We talked to Carney Anne Nasser, Senior Counsel for Wildlife and Regulatory Affairs.



"OSHA has already acknowledged after Dawn Brancheau's death, OSHA acknowledged the inherent dangers of having direct contact with wild animals in the work place. Yet it has consistently refused to impose specific work place safety standards to keep individuals like Dawn Brancheau, like Stephanie James in the Knoxville Zoo who was crushed by an elephant, like Stacey Konwiser who was killed today. They've refused. It's really, enough is enough,” she said.



