38 year old zoo keeper killed by tiger.

A 38 year old zoo keeper was on Friday,  attacked and killed by Malayan tiger, while performing routine tasks inside the Malayan tigers' habitat at the Palm Beach Zoo, a rep for the zoo confirmed
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According to a statement on the zoo's website, Stacey Konwiser – the zoo's lead keeper – suffered a "severe bite," around 2 p.m. Following the incident she was taken by air to St. Mary's Medical Center where she died about an hour later. 

Konwiser was attacked by a male tiger at the back of the exhibit in the tiger night house, while preparing for one of the zoo's daily "Tiger Talk" shows, described on the website as one of their various "keeper talks and informative feeding & enrichment encounters."

Although the area where the incident occurred is beyond public access, the zoo evacuated guests after a code red was issued. 

The zoo then went on lockdown and will remain closed through the weekend.

"Very sad news today. Stacey Konwiser, a zookeeper at the Palm Beach Zoo died today after she was attacked by one of the tigers she cared for there. Here she is at the dedication of the new tiger habitat on March 7, 2015 in West Palm Beach, Fla. (Brianna Soukup / Palm Beach Post)," the company titled the photo above.