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Heart-stopping footage which shows a mother's final moments before being mauled together by a tiger has shocked social media users all over the world.
It's been eight years since a visitor to Beijing's Badaling Wildlife World tragically lost her life in an attempt to save that of her daughter.
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Unlike many other safari parks around the world - in which rules on remaining inside your vehicle at all times are simply stated on the ticket - a woman was forced to sign an agreement before she and her mother entered the park, insisting she'd remain seated in all of the animal enclosures.
The mother-daughter duo had visited the habitats of several of the park's inhabitants before they followed a line of cars heading into the colossal cage of a Siberian tiger.
After she began feeling carsick from the passenger's side of the car, the adult daughter - whose surname is Zhou - stepped out of the vehicle before making her way around it to the driver's side, careful to check whether she was holding up traffic.
It was then that surveillance footage shows Zhou being rapidly approached by the giant jungle cat, who aggressive locks its teeth down upon her dress and drags her out of shot.
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Despite visibly attempting to escape from the animal's clutches, Zhou's family were forced to intervene, with the video showing her mother fleeing the car and running towards her daughter.
Sadly, however - according to reports from the 2016 attack - as Zhou's mother attempted to free her daughter from the cat's grip, another tiger inhabiting the enclosure attacked her, killing her as it began eating her alive.
After ranger's appeared on the scene, Zhou was transported to a local hospital where she was treated for her injuries.
Around this time, the Yanqing district government confirmed there had been an incident at Badaling Wildlife World and that a visitor had died.
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Zhou later claimed she was under the impression that the document that she signed prior to entering the enclosure was a form of registration.
In turn, she accused park owners of failing to explain the risks properly with regards to exiting vehicles.
As a result, following her mother's death, she attempted to file a lawsuit against Beijing Park, alleging that neither she nor her family had been properly informed of the dangers and that the park had delayed in helping her family.
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In the weeks that followed, however, the authorities in the Yanqing District published a report stating it was not an ‘industry security accident’, absolving the park of any responsibility.
Featured Image Credit: Badaling Wildlife WorldTopics: Animals, World News, News