BRIDGETON, New Jersey — Police in New Jersey are asking for the public’s help identifying a woman after she was caught on video illegally climbing into a tiger enclosure at a zoo.
It happened at the Cohanzick Zoo in Bridgeton.
Authorities say the female zoogoer went over the wooden fence and began “enticing the tiger,” in the words of police, putting her hand through the wire enclosure.
In the video posted by police, you can see she nearly got bit by the big cat.
Police say not only was this inappropriate and dangerous, it’s also illegal to climb over the zoo fences.
Anyone with information about the woman seen in the video is asked to call Bridgeton police at 856-451-0033. Anonymous tips can also be submitted online at BPD.TIPS.
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