Horror: 25 Year Old Man Has His leg bitten Off by a TIGER at Bronx zoo after leaping into Den

A man who was viciously mauled by a tiger after leaping into the animal's den at the Bronx Zoo in an apparent suicide attempt this afternoon has had his leg amputated.
The 25-year-old man is in critical condition after being badly mauled by Katharina, an Amur tiger. It is believed she was particularly vicious because she has recently given birth to cubs.
He also had his back bitten, where a fang punctured his lung, and had his body clawed.
The man jumped from an elevated area over two fences to reach the enclosure, police said.
However, earlier reports suggested man was riding the zoo’s monorail when he jumped out of his seat as the train passed over the tiger’s den.
Zoo officials immediately ran into the den and restrained the tiger while the injured man was rescued.
Officials had to capture the tiger before they could tend to the man. Workers used fire extinguishers to scare off the beast and were then instructed the man to roll under a hot wire to safety, Bronx Zoo Director Jim Breheny said in a statement.
The keepers then called the tiger into its exhibit holding area and secured him there, Breheny said.
He reportedly told his rescuers that he had jumped into the den on purpose because he ‘wanted to die’, reported NBC news.
The incident happened around 3.30pm and the man was treated by EMTs before being taken to Jacobi Medical Center in critical condition.
A witness tweeted, 'Someone jumped the gate at the bronx zoo n got maulled by a tiger now in jacobi ER.#lmfao.' [sic]
Initial reports suggest that the man may be emotionally disturbed. The three-acre habitat at the zoo holds eight tigers.
Amur tigers, also known as Siberian tigers, are the largest of the big cats and can weigh up to 674 pounds.
Although rare, deadly animal attacks in zoos across the country have happened before.
In 1985, Robin Silverman, a  24-year-old zookeeper, was killed when she was attacked by two Siberian tigers at the Bronx Zoo while trying to clean their cage.
On Christmas Day 2007 a man was killed at the San Francisco Zoo, when a 300-pound tiger named Tatiana escaped her cage.
In 1987 an 11-year-old boy was killed by a polar bear at the Prospect Park Zoo after climbing into its enclosure when the zoo was closed.