Keeper dies in mishap at park<\/p>\n
BOGOR (JP): A keeper at the Wildlife Safari Park in Cisarua
\nhere died of a cerebral hemorrhage Thursday after an on-the-job
\nfall Tuesday, an executive of the park said yesterday.<\/p>\n
Usep Mulyana, 29, was treated at three hospitals in Bogor but
\ndied at Cipto Mangunkusumo General Hospital in Jakarta, according
\nto Toni Sumampauw, a co-owner of the park.<\/p>\n
Usep and five fellow animal keepers were trying to remove two
\nyoung hippopotamuses from their mother's cage when the accident
\noccurred.<\/p>\n
\"The hippos' mother is going to give birth soon,\" he told The
\nJakarta Post yesterday.<\/p>\n
As they tried to guide the hippos along a steep and slippery
\nfloor, one of the animals slipped and fell against the wood
\npanels used by the employees as herding tools.<\/p>\n
\"The wood panels are always used by the employees to lead the
\nhippos out from a cage,\" Toni explained.<\/p>\n
Unfortunately, Usep fell headfirst onto the cage's floor.<\/p>\n
\"He collapsed immediately after the incident but regained
\nconsciousness for a while and complained about the pain in his
\nback and head.\"<\/p>\n
After being admitted to the park's clinic, Karya Bhakti
\nHospital and the Indonesian Red Cross Hospital here, Usep was
\nrushed to Cipto Mangunkusumo, some 70 kilometers away.<\/p>\n
Toni said Usep was knowledgeable in handling the animals.<\/p>\n
\"He had undergone training in the Czech Republic.\"<\/p>\n
Usep was buried in his nearby hometown of Pangalengan
\nyesterday morning. (24\/ivy)<\/p>",
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