Tragedy As 8-year-old Girl Was Killed By A Tiger After Sneeking Into Its Cage For A Closer Look

A little girl has been mauled to death by a Circus Tiger after slipping through bars and into its cage to get a closer look at the fearsome beast.

Eight-year-old Juan Niu, was attacked after sneaking off from her family to get a closer look at the huge predators. She was taken to Leheledu Amusement park in China, while visiting relatives.

Park managers had hired a traveling Circus to entertain visitors and had set up temporary holding pens for the animals. The young girl walked up to the cage and managed to slip through iron bars at which point she was pounced on by a tiger, and attacked in front of horrified park visitors.

Although animals trainers were quickly at the scene to rescue the child, she was barely alive when she was rushed to the hospital and was declared dead on arrival.

The park has offered the family compensation and promised to beef up security to make sure nothing like this happened again.