On 21 December 2019, a 24-year old Sudanese national who came to the zoo as a visitor, threw himself into the enclosure of royal Bengal tigers at 10:30 (Arabian Standard Time) and was severely mauled by one of the female tigress.[20] However, the zoo authorities were quick to act and drugged the tigress by firing narcotic shots at her. The injured visitor was later transferred to the King Saud Medical City by the Saudi Red Crescent Authority.[21]