Woman seriously injured at Thoiry zoo after being attacked by three wolves in a restricted area

According to the first testimonies collected, it was while wanting to go jogging that the 37-year-old victim found himself in an area prohibited to pedestrians.

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A sign announcing a safari zone at the Thoiry zoological park (Yvelines), May 23, 2021. (RICCARDO MILANI / HANS LUCAS / AFP)

A woman staying at the Thoiry zoological park (Yvelines) was seriously injured on Sunday June 23 by three wolves and transported to hospital in absolute emergency, franceinfo learned from the Versailles prosecutor’s office. The latter specified that he had received “reassuring news” on the state of health of the victim. According to France Bleu, his vital prognosis was no longer in jeopardy early Sunday afternoon.

The circumstances of this incident remain unclear at this time. According to our information, this thirty-year-old from Paris had just spent a night with family in zoo accommodation. Going for a jog, she found herself in an area reserved for car safaris, a 7-hectare enclosure sheltering wolves and bears, according to the Versailles prosecutor’s office, where she was attacked.

Detail of the map of the Thoiry Zoological Park (Yvelines), showing the parts reserved for safari.  (THOIRY ZOO)

Zoo keepers intervened to rescue her, reports France Bleu. Of the “auditions are underway” concerning eight of them, explained the prosecution, which specifies that all those responsible for the zoo must be heard. An investigation was opened on the grounds of unintentional injuries and entrusted to the Mantes-la-Jolie research brigade. The investigations will seek to establish whether the marking of the area is in question.


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