Story highlights Rosa King, 34, died doing the job she loved says her mother

She'd worked at the zoo in Cambridgeshire for 14 years

(CNN) A zookeeper killed by a tiger in an enclosure at a UK zoo was doing the job she loved, according to her mother.

Rosa King, 34, died on Monday in what was described as a "freak accident" at Hamerton Zoo Park in Huntingdon, Cambridgeshire.

King's mother Andrea told the UK Press Association she had worked at the zoo for 14 years.

"She wouldn't have done anything else, it's what she has always done, it's what she has always loved," she said.

Cambridgeshire Police said the tiger was unharmed.

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