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COLUMBUS A zookeeper was injured and released from the hospital after being attacked by a cheetah Thursday at the Columbus Zoo & Aquarium. The attack happened Thursday morning in a nonpublic area of the zoo while two staff members were walking Isabelle, a 4-year-old cheetah, for her daily exercise. Isabelle was harnessed as the staff members led her from the program s cheetah facility in the Heart of Africa exhibit to the behind-the-scenes yard across the zoo’s Jerry Borin Trace service. A keeper from the Heart of Africa region approached and, as Isabelle calmly sat purring, her handlers invited the keeper to come closer, according to the zoo. That s when Isabelle crouched down and lunged toward the keeper, who works around giraffes and other hoofstock. ....
A zookeeper injured when attacked by a cheetah Thursday morning at the Columbus Zoo & Aquarium has been evaluated at a hospital and released. Zoo officials said they would not reveal the keeper s identity or the extent of that person s injuries, citing privacy of individual health information under the federal Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA). Zoo team members called the Liberty Township Fire Department, whose medics responded and provided treatment to the keeper on site. The keeper was then transported to a local hospital for further evaluation out of precaution, zoo officials said in a prepared news release. The keeper was evaluated and has since been released, according to the zoo. ....