
Terrifying moment woman is dragged away and mauled by safari park tiger after getting out of her car, thinking they had left the enclosure
Haunting CCTV footage taken at Badaling Wildlife World in Beijing, China, showed the woman, who was not named, walking out of her silver car before the big cat pounces on her.
In the blink of an eye, she was dragged away by the powerful beast.
Her husband was seen jumping out of the car and running after her, while an older woman left the back seat and did the same.
A 4x4 vehicle, apparently a safari car, pulled up behind the woman's car and drove towards the ongoing situation.
According to local media report at the time of the 2016 incident, the younger woman believed they had exited the enclosure and left the vehicle,which was inhabited by three adults and one child.
As she did so, she was dragged away by the wild animal. Upon seeing this, the older woman ran out but was reportedly mauled to death and dragged away by a second tiger.
She tragically died at the scene, while the younger woman was taken to hospital to treat her serious injuries.
As she remonstrates further, a huge tiger is ready to pounce behind her at the Badaling Wildlife World
Initially it was thought the family were fighting in the car, hence the reason for getting out, but according to local reports they simply thought they had left the enclosure.
Relatives have denied there was any fighting, reports the South China Morning Post, and colleagues of the husband who was also in the car said the family thought they had already left the wildlife park.
The man is also understood to have tried to rescue his family members, while the child stayed in the car.
The 6,000 acre park, which allows people to either drive themselves or join a tour, tells people not to leave their vehicles at any point.
The family were eventually rescued by Badaling's staff, but there was nothing that could be done for the mother while the daughter is still receiving treatment for her injuries.
Last year, a farmer in China narrowly escaped a wild tiger attack that was captured on heart-stopping surveillance footage.
Residents of north China 's Heilongjiang province were warned to stay inside after two men were viscously attacked by loose Siberian tigers - prompting a state of emergency as authorities hunted for the fugitive animal with infrared cameras and drones, Sixth Tone reported.
But one man in Boli County was given the fright of his life after he had a dangerously close encounter with the tiger - the first one that has been spotted in the area - as he went to check on the animal's whereabouts.
The one-minute video clip showed the retiree stepping out of his front door at around 6am Monday morning before heading further into his yard and closer to his large iron gate where a large animal flashed past.
Seemingly unbothered, he was then captured bravely closing the gate, which the roaring tiger charged and hurled itself against just seconds later - rattling the entire structure and knocking it back open.
'I thought the metal gate would protect me from a tiger attack,' the man told local media. 'I wasn't scared until it pounced on the gate.'
The man then rushed back towards his home - only slowing his speed and turning back around once he approached the safety of his front door, which thankfully left the tiger uninterested.
'I'm already 74 years old,' the man added. 'There's no way I could outrun a tiger.'

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