Police said they charged who the woman was who they said climbed into a tiger enclosure earlier this month.
Police in Bridgeton, New Jersey, said Zyair Dennis was charged with defiant trespassing for allegedly entering a fenced-off area at the Cohanzick Zoo, taunting and trying to “entice” one of the zoo’s two Bengal tigers. A second wire fence separated the woman from the large cat, the Courier Post reported.
The tiger appeared to try to bite the woman, Fox News reported.
Video from a separate zoo area shows a woman, who police said was the same person, doing the same thing at a bear exhibit, Bridgeton Police Chief Michael Gaimari told the newspaper.
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Police said they received “instant responses” that helped them identify Dennis.
In addition to the trespassing charge, Dennis also allegedly violated two city ordinances for general misconduct, TMZ reported.
A sign posted at the tiger area read, “Do not climb over the fence. Climbing over any zoo fence is against city ordinance 247-C,” Fox News reported.
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