BROOKFIELD, Ill., Nov. 14 (UPI) -- A northern gray wolf was killed at a Chicago-area zoo after it clamped onto the arm of a woman who jumped a fence to pet it, a report said Friday.
It marked the first time in the Brookfield zoo's 69-year history an animal attacked a visitor, zoo officials told the Chicago Tribune.
Cinnamon Bear, an 11-year-old wolf born and raised at the zoo, was shot once in the chest Wednesday by a zoo police officer after the 100-pound animal clamped down on the unidentified woman's arm when she tried to pet him.
He was the last of the zoo's pack of northern gray wolves, and was the only wolf on display, the newspaper said.
The woman, identified only as 40 to 50 years old, hopped a 3 1/2-foot fence and reached through a second 10-foot chain-link fence to touch the wolf, who was in a favorite sleeping corner of the outdoor pen.
She was treated for a severe bite wound to her arm and released, the report said.
