Authorities on Tuesday released a video showing the moment a New Jersey woman climbed over a zoo fence and was nearly grabbed by a tiger, the New York Post reported.

Following an incident at the Cohansic Zoo in Bridgeton, New Jersey, police have launched a manhunt for a woman who endangered animals by trespassing in a restricted area of ​​the tiger exhibit. Bridgeton Police Department release Video shows woman climbing over fence and getting dangerously close to Siberian tiger, New York Post ReportedThe video shows her reaching her hand through a gap in the enclosure as the tiger lunges at her, narrowly avoiding serious injury.

The inquisitive Siberian tiger sniffs the female and then suddenly grabs her hand and tries to bite her.

Luckily, the woman pulled her hand away from the fence before the tiger could latch on.

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The video ends with the woman backing away from the roughly 4-foot-tall wooden fence she initially climbed over. Police noted the dangers of her actions. “A female at Cohansic Zoo climbed over the wooden fence of the tiger enclosure and put her hands through the chain-link fence in an attempt to lure a tiger into nearly biting her,” police said in a statement, according to the New York Post. “We want to remind zoo visitors that climbing over any fence is a violation of city code.” (Related article: Children horrified after zoo brown bear eats whole duckling 'like a chicken nugget')

According to the New York Post, authorities have asked the public to help identify the woman involved and have provided a way for them to submit anonymous tips via a website. Founded in 1934, Cohansic Zoo is known as New Jersey's first zoo and is home to about 45 species of animals, including not only tigers but also leopards, bears, wallabies and mountain lions.