The Arizona Sonora Desert Museum is known for its wildlife in natural settings but things got a little too wild for one tourist who was bitten by a javelina.

The museum is on lockdown Saturday night as staff and wildlife specialists search for the javelina who attacked the visitor.

Friday afternoon, one tourist got a little to close to a wild javelina.

"He was bitten on the leg and apparently reached down with his hand and was bit on the hand as well."

Craig Ivanji, with the Desert Museum, says the man thought the javelina was part of an exhibit and approached it.

"It's one of those situations that doesn't happen very often but the animal must have felt threatened and responded in an extremely defensive fashion."

The museum's first aide team treated the tourist from Holland. He was taken to University Medical Center and is said to be in good condition. The javelina is still on the loose.

"We are in a natural desert area and we're surrounded by desert so animals get in periodically, even though we have an eight foot perimeter fence around the property."

The attack happened in the Southwest corner of the museum near the javelina exhibit. That's where a trap is set.

"What you do is you bait the trap with different kinds of foods that javelina like, there's a greater chance it's going to be nearby and go into the trap and that will make our job so much easier if it would do so."

The captured javelina will have to be euthanized and tested for rabies.

Signs advising visitors not to touch wildlife are already posted but after this attack, handouts will be created emphasizing the rule.

"You don't expect an animal to do something like this and certainly wouldn't expect it to interact again but we're just doing everything we can to keep everybody safe," adds Ivanji.

The javelina may have gotten out the same way it got in but the search will continue through Sunday morning.