A day after a 20-year-old youth was mauled to death by a white tiger in Delhi Zoo, teams from ministry of environment and forests (MoEF) and Central Zoo Authority reviewed the safety measures for visitors at the facility.
The teams will submit a report to top MoEF and Central Zoo Authority officials about Tuesday's incident, its circumstances and the way the tragedy could have been averted.
"Teams from ministry of environment and forests and Central Zoo Authority have visited the zoo and they will submit a report in this regard to top government officials in this regard," said National Zoological Park curator RA Khan.
Maqsood (20) was mauled to death by the tiger when he fell into its enclosure at the Delhi Zoo on Tuesday.
The seven-year-old tiger Vijay was not released from its enclosure on Wednesday and will be kept under observation for two-three days.
The white tiger, born in the zoo in 2007, is behaving normally now and ate his normal diet of 10kg buffalo meat at 4.30pm on Tuesday and Wednesday as well, the curator said.
Zoo doctors who examined him found him absolutely normal and the big cat did not seem to be in any kind of stress.
"He is behaving normally and he ate his food as per his daily routine. Zoo doctors have confirmed that he does not require any medicines," said Khan.
Meanwhile, another 2.25-minute video surfaced on Wednesday which showed the youth scrounging himself against a wall as the feline stood in front of him looking visibly confused.
For about 1 minute 20 seconds in the video, the tiger is seen patting the youth several times with his paw while his handlers are heard calling his name to divert his attention.
At about 1 minute 25 second, the tiger finally pounces on 20-year-old Maqsood after he was irritated by the visitors who were screaming, shouting and throwing objects at the big cat.
He also said that all security measures laid by Central Zoo authority were followed by Delhi Zoo, so there is no security lapse from their side.
"Maqsood himself and the crowd who provoked the tiger were responsible for this incident, not us. We cannot control the public as they don't listen to our guards. If the tiger had escaped from the enclosure and attacked him, then it would have been our responsibility but here the man had entered tiger's territory," he said.
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