Woman climbs fence to pet tiger at south NJ zoo: police
BRIDGETON, N.J. (PIX11) – Police in New Jersey are searching for a woman caught on camera climbing over a fence to pet a tiger at the Cohanzick Zoo in Bridgeton.
The woman was seen "enticing" the tiger by sticking her hand through a wired fence before the animal jumped at her, a video posted by the Bridgeton Police Department showed. The tiger then rapidly paced back and forth as the woman stepped away to climb back over a wooden fence.
Bridgeton police are working to identify the woman in the video. It's against city law to climb over any fence, the police department wrote on Facebook.
Anyone with information is asked to contact Patrolman Cusano at 856-451-0033 extension 0. You can also go to BPD.TIPS if you're on your phone, tablet or computer.
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