Worker at Calgary Zoo shocked by high-voltage electric fence

A landscaper at the Calgary Zoo was transported to hospital on Saturday morning after coming into contact with an electrically charged perimeter fence.

According to EMS spokesperson Adam Loria, an EMS crew responded to St. George’s Island shortly after 9:00 a.m. after zoo security called 911. Paramedics located an injured man, believed to be in his late thirties, who had reportedly contacted the electric fence.

The injured man was transported by ambulance to hospital in stable, non-life threatening condition.

Calgary Zoo communications manager Larissa Mark says the worker is a contracted landscaper and was trimming vegetation when he contacted the fence.

Occupational Health & Safety and the Calgary Zoo are conducting investigations into the incident.