A woman is recovering after she was attacked by a jaguar at a zoo in Arizona.

Fire officials say the woman crossed over a barrier while trying to take a selfie at the Wildlife World Zoo, Aquarium and Safari Park near Phoenix.

SOUNDBITE: WILDLIFE WORLD ZOO DIRECTOR MICKEY OLLSON, SAYING: "When people do not respect the barriers, there's always the chance that there might be a problem." The woman in her 30's suffered lacerations to her arm and was taken to the hospital.

She's expected to survive.

Witnesses say they heard screaming and saw the jaguar's claws grasping the woman's hand.

Zoo officials say the female jaguar will not be euthanized because it quote "was not the animal's fault."