In interview with Phoenix TV station, the woman attacked by a jaguar at Wildlife World Zoo claimed she did not cross the barrier, but leaned over it.
PHOENIX – A woman attacked by a jaguar at an Arizona zoo on Saturday claimed she did not cross the barrier and was not attempting to take a selfie.
The woman, in an interview with KPHO-TV and its sister station KTVK-TV in Phoenix, and posted on azfamily.com, disputed initial claims made by the Wildlife World Zoo, stating that she had not been attempting to take a selfie when the jaguar attacked her. "I never crossed the barrier. I was not trying to get a selfie," said the woman, who the report identified only as Leanne. "If I was trying to get a selfie, I think my injuries would be in a different place."
The woman said she never passed a barrier in front of the jaguar's pen, but she admitted to leaning over the barrier."I never expected the jaguar's paw to come through the fence," Leanne said during the interview.The zoo said the woman apologized for the incident, but Leanne said in the interview her apology was not an admission that she was trying to take a selfie.
The Arizona Republic reached out to Wildlife World Zoo officials Tuesday afternoon for a response to the woman's claims but has not received a response. This article originally appeared on Arizona Republic:
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