By NBCNewYork.com staff
Updated at 5:20 p.m. ET: NEW YORK CITY -- A?man is in critical condition after he was attacked by a tiger at the Bronx Zoo, police sources tell NBC News.
The man lost his foot in the 3:30 p.m. attack and suffered deep cuts to his back, sources tell NBC 4 New York. He was taken to Jacobi Hospital.?
It was not immediately clear how he ended up in the tiger habitat in the eastern end of the zoo, but a police source said it appears that he intentionally jumped.?He is believed to be in his 20s?to 30s, police say.
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Before rescuers could reach the man to help him, they first had to get the tiger into a cage, authorities said.
Zoo employees were able to contain the tiger in a cage as emergency medical crews rushed to?treat the?man, officials said.?
Zoo animal maulings, while rare, have occurred before, and with deadly consequences.
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A man was killed and two others injured on Christmas Day, 2007 at the San Francisco Zoo, when a 300-pound tiger named Tatiana escaped its cage.
In 1985, a zookeeper, Robin Silverman, 24, was killed when she was attacked by two Siberian tigers at the Bronx Zoo while trying to clean their cage.
An 11-year-old boy was killed in 1987 by a polar bear at the Prospect Park Zoo after climbing into its enclosure when the zoo was closed.
Check back later for more details on this developing story.
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