Two tiger trainers injured

BOGOR: Two tiger trainers were injured after they were bitten by their animals in two separate accidents at Safari Indonesia Park in Cisarua, Bogor, over the weekend.

Agus Wahyu Setiawan, 29, had to be hospitalized at Cipto Mangunkusumo Central Hospital after a Bengali tiger bit him on the back of his neck on Saturday at 10 p.m.

The park's spokesman, Asep Firmansyah, told The Jakarta Post on Monday that Agus was leaving the guard tower after switching off the lights at the tiger enclosure after the night safari program when one of the tigers snatched and dragged him a few meters.

"The accident happened because our trainer was careless. He was only supposed to leave the tower after the pick-up car had arrived," Asep said.

The right hand of another trainer, Tati, 21, was seriously wounded after one of the four white tigers got out of control during a special show.

Tati and her fellow trainers managed to send three of the white tigers to their cage but the last one fought back and bit her right hand.

She received medical treatment at Cisarua Tuberculosis Hospital and is now taking a rest at her boarding house in Cisarua. -- JP