SIBERIAN TIGER ATTACKS & KILLS A BUS DRIVER IN CHINA AS TOURIST WATCH IN HORROR!

A Siberian tiger mauled and killed a tour bus driver in China as his passengers watched helplessly in horror.

The vicious animal attacked driver Jin Shijun after he got out of his vehicle to check on the bus, which got stuck in the snow at a tiger breeding base in the northern province of Heilongjiang, Chinese media reported Thursday.

The animal then dragged Shijun into the woods. Park employees tried to distract the tiger with firecrackers and tranquilizer darts, but by the time they got to the driver, he was dead.

Shijun broke safety rules when he got out of the vehicle, which was packed with tourists visiting the center, according to Chinese reports.

A spokesman at the base said the park has approximately 1,000 Siberian tigers.

The breed is one of the rarest species in the world. There are about 300 left in the wild but more than 5,000 on farms and wildlife parks in China.

There have been several reports of captive tigers mauling humans in recent years. In a 2009 attack, Chinese cops shot and killed two Siberian tigers after they pounced on a zoo worker.


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