Keeper suicides then eaten by tigers

A 31-year-old man with a passion for tigers was found dead after apparently committing suicide in a Danish zoo, reports said on Tuesday.

The man, who worked as a keeper at the Naestved zoo near Copenhagen, died of asphyxiation after he set alight hay used in the tiger's section.

The man's remains were found on Tuesday by colleagues, the Ekstra Bladet tabloid reported, adding that the two big cats had partly eaten his remains.

The man was said to have had a history of psychiatric problems but last year managed to secure a job looking after the rare white tigers. The deceased was recently discharged from a psychiatric ward.

Courtesy of Josip Marcan

"Apparently Denmark uses the same standard that they use in the United States to qualify someone to work with White Tigers. Good to know there is a worldwide unity!!!!!! I assume he was "Government Certified." "Certified" folks do seen to think that is a big deal, and really makes them the superior ones. LOL