A tiger handler has been mauled by a big cat in her charge at a Gold Coast theme park, with emergency services saying she is in hospital with injuries to her arm.
A Queensland ambulance service (QAS) spokesperson said paramedics transported a woman from Dreamworld to the Gold Coast University hospital with “multiple lacerations to the arm” after “an incident involving a tiger” at about 9am Monday.
A Dreamworld spokesperson “acknowledged” an “incident that occurred involving one of the park’s tigers and a trained tiger handler”.
“Dreamworld’s immediate focus is on the support of the team member,” the spokesperson said.
“This was an isolated and rare incident, and we will conduct a thorough review accordingly”.
The woman, in her 30s, was in a stable condition.
More details soon