[naviga:h3]Topeka zookeeper recovering; tiger won’t be euthanized[/naviga:h3]

A Topeka zookeeper who was attacked by a Sumatran tiger on Saturday is recovering in the hospital and the endangered animal will not be euthanized, the zoo said.

The female zookeeper was seriously injured, but recovering in intensive care over the weekend. On Monday, she was out of the intensive care unit, the Topeka Capital-Journal reported.

“On behalf of the family, thanks to everyone that has reached out with prayers and signs of hope,” Topeka Zoo director Brendan Wiley said on Sunday during a news conference.

Wiley said the zoo has begun an internal investigation into the incident and how it happened by taking personal accounts from witnesses and other zoo employees, but the full picture won’t emerge until they can speak with the zookeeper about what she experienced firsthand.

Sanjiv, a 7-year-old Sumatran tiger, attacked the unnamed zookeeper around 9:15 a.m. Saturday in its outdoor habitat. A zookeeper enters the habitat to “clean, maintain, put out enrichment items” daily, but the tiger is supposed to be locked inside at the time, so it’s unclear what happened.

Wiley said the zookeeper suffered “soft tissue” injuries to the back of her head, neck, back and arm, with arteries and bones largely spared. She was still conscious and talking when she left the zoo for the hospital.

[naviga:h3]Loughlin demands evidence in college admissions scandal[/naviga:h3]

“Full House” star Lori Loughlin wants prosecutors to show their hand before she argues any major motions in the college admissions bribery scandal.

Lawyers for the actress, her fashion designer husband Mossimo Giannulli and 15 other defendants filed joint paperwork Monday asking the judge to suspend all “substantive motions” in the criminal case until a June 3 status conference.

“At present, the defendants have not yet received any discovery in this case and have been told by the government that it is extremely voluminous,” the new filing in federal court in Boston states.

“Defendants would like an opportunity to review discovery in a meaningful way before filing of substantive motions in this case,” it says.

“Litigating substantive motions in a piecemeal fashion and before defendants have an opportunity to become familiar with the government’s evidence could substantially prejudice the defendants’ ability to make proper legal arguments to contest the allegations,” the filing reads.