Tiger mauls female animal handler at Australia’s Dreamworld theme park in horror attack on the Gold Coast

A TIGER handler in Australia was rushed to hospital after she was mauled by one of the beasts at a theme park.

The woman, in her 40s, was attacked on her arm while working at Dreamworld on Queensland’s Gold Coast.

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The tiger left cuts and scratches on her arm as the woman remains in hospital recieving medical treatment.

The theme park said in a statement: “This was an isolated and rare incident, and we will conduct a thorough review accordingly.”

Some two million people visit the Dreamworld park every year.

It is home to nine Sumatran and Bengal tigers.

Queensland Ambulance Service (QAS) rushed to the park at 9am on Monday “following an incident with a tiger”.

The woman was immediately taken to Gold Coast University Hospital.

QAS official Justin Payne told ABC “She was quite pale and feeling unwell, but in general well and was able to be transported.”

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