Palm Beach Zoo Tiger That Mauled Staffer Dies At 14

WEST PALM BEACH, FL — A Malayan tiger that killed a Florida zookeeper last year has died in surgery for an intestinal condition.

14-year-old Hati underwent surgery last week for "irritations in his guts," the Palm Beach Zoo's associate curator Nancy Nill said in a news release. The tiger stopped breathing during a second surgery on Thursday and couldn't be revived. A necropsy is scheduled for Friday.

“From ear infections to stomach problems, he has experienced a host of medical concerns that required multiple anesthetic procedures, since April of this year,” Nill said in a post on the zoo's Facebook page.

The 350-pound tiger, who was known to be aggressive and territorial, mauled zookeeper Stacy Konwiser on April 15, 2016, after she walked into a caged area called a "night house." A state report released in October blamed Konwiser for not following "established safety procedures and exonerated the zoo of wrongdoing. (For more information on this and other neighborhood stories, subscribe to Patch to receive daily newsletters and breaking news alerts. If you have an iPhone, click here to get the free Patch iPhone app.)

NEW: @PalmBeachZoo mourning loss of 14 yo tiger, Hati, says he died from complications after having undergone surgery @WPTV pic.twitter.com/Flzur71Luh
— Andrew Ruiz (@AndrewRuizWPTV) August 11, 2017

Photo credit: Screenshot of Palm Beach Zoo video posted on Facebook
Video credit: Palm Beach Zoo