Highlighting the potential risks of keeping wild animals, a zookeeper was killed in a “freak accident” with a captive tiger Monday, at Hamerton Zoo Park in Huntingdon, Cambridgeshire, United Kingdom, about two hours north of London.

The zookeeper, Rosa King, 34, had worked there for 14 years.

"She wouldn't have done anything else, it's what she has always done, it's what she has always loved," King’s mother, Andrea, told the UK Press Association.

The tiger was reportedly unharmed in the incident and at no point was it outside it’s normal enclosure. The zoo has said the public’s safety was not at risk and is investigating what happened in the tragic encounter.

Visitors were evacuated as soon as the incident became known and the