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This is the horrifying moment a tiger mauls a defenceless zookeeper as terrified visitors desperately try to save her.
The woman was bringing food for the huge beast when it suddenly jumped on her and pinned her to the ground.
Amazingly, her life was saved by the shocked onlookers who shouted and threw stones at the tiger in a bid to distract it.
Men even lifted a table and chairs from a nearby cafe, hurling them over the fence to distract the 15-year-old male tiger called Taifun, or Typhoon.
The unnamed employee at the Kaliningrad Zoo in Russia was badly mauled but was rushed to hospital is expected to survive.
Alarming pictures show the woman on the back on the ground with the tiger on top of her seemingly going for the kill.
The woman appears terrified as the tiger pins her down
But at this point, the zoo visitors' screamed, shouted, and threw stones and other nearby objects to try to catch the tiger's attention.
The commotion alerted other visitors who ran to join the hero onlookers saving the woman who was able to run to a secure part of the compound.
"The girl's face face was bleeding," said one account based on the accounts of witnesses.
"She screamed and tried to fight off the animal."
Other zoo employees were not present at the moment of the surprise attack, and it was down to the Russian visitors to save the keeper.
The Siberian tiger - the largest cat in the world - was supposed to be contained in another part of its compound when the woman brought its food.
But there was clearly a problem and the cat - described as 'elderly' - was able to attack. A spokesman praised the visitors.
"The animal entered the enclosure when the keeper was there," said a statement.
"The tiger attacked the human.
"Visitors with their shouting, stones and other improvisation managed to distract the animal. "This allowed the zoo employee to hide in a back room."
It was even visitors who called an ambulance. Later zoo staff arrived at the scene and shot a sedative into the tiger.
A local health ministry spokesman said: "The patient was delivered to the hospital with multiple wounds to the body and limbs.
"She is conscious, her condition is assessed as stable but critical.
"There is no threat to her life."
