The Associated Press
BALTIMORE — Two jaguars at the Catoctin Wildlife Preserve and Zoo were in quarantine yesterday after at least one of them attacked and critically injured an animal-care worker.
The woman, 32, whose name has not been released, was attacked Sunday while working in the interior den area of the jaguar enclosure, the zoo said in a statement.
When she called for help, staff moved the animals to the exterior exhibit area, it said. The woman, who suffered bite wounds, was given first aid by staff and emergency medical technicians before being taken a trauma center.
Officials at the zoo in Thurmont, about an hour outside Baltimore, are investigating. The zoo is closed to the public for the season.