Woman mauled by tiger at Chinese safari park demands compensation

The survivor, identified only by her surname Zhao, is requesting 1.5 million yuan ($394,000 Cdn.) for her "serious injuries.

Surveillance footage shows a Siberian tiger attacking a female visitor at Beijing Badaling Wildlife World after she stepped out a car on July 23, 2016. The woman was mauled by the tiger and is now demanding compensation for her injuries.

BEIJING—A woman who was mauled by a tiger after getting out of her car at a Beijing safari park, reportedly because she felt carsick, is demanding compensation of more than 2 million yuan ($300,000 U.S.) from the facility.

Her mother was killed in the incident after also leaving the vehicle to come to her assistance.

The attack happened in July in the animals’ enclosure at Beijing Badaling Wildlife World near the Great Wall of China.