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Watch: Mum of mauled zoo keeper levels blame at Council

The mother of the zoo keeper killed by a Sumatran tiger at Hamilton Zoo in September has laid the blame for her daughter's death squarely at Hamilton City Council, saying there were several factors that set Samantha up to fail including gates that relied on a counter weight pulley system.

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