The keeper of a zoo in the Netherlands, in critical condition after being attacked by a leopard: "We are not going to do anything with him"

The keeper of a zoo in the Netherlands is in critical condition after being attacked this Saturday by a leopard when she was in the animals' enclosure, according to The Sun newspaper.

The Beekse Bergen zoo employee, 50, from Belgium, went to the indoor Persian leopard enclosure due to a storm that forced the animals to be confined.

The woman received serious head injuries, and had time to ask her colleagues at the zoo for help through her walkie talkie, according to The Sun.

Emergency services, including an air ambulance, rushed to Beekse Bergen, in Hilvarenbeek, Netherlands, early on Saturday morning, and she was hospitalized and operated on urgently.

"We know there is a risk when working with dangerous animals, but no one wants to have an experience like that," said Martin van Hees, head of animal care at the zoo.