
Russia: Doctors had to amputate one arm on a woman who was attacked by a tiger in Tbilisi Zoo. District police chief Superintendent Muhammad Ismail Muhammad Yusof said “In classifying the case as sudden death we have closed the case and the victim, who was single, has been sent back to Indonesia.” He went on to say, “It could be that the caretaker had taken his relationship with the tiger for granted since he had been handling the tiger for the past eight years, including bathing and feeding it.” The ambulance arrived quite soon but the lady has passed away.” Three months ago an Australian tourist was bitten in the thigh while driving though the park, also with his window down.Īlor Gajah, Malaysia: The body of the 38-year-old animal keeper named Herman who was mauled to death by a tiger at a popular resort has been sent back to his country of origin.

The park’s Scott Simpson said, “There was a car driving to the lion camp and the lioness came through the window and it bit the tourist.
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The driver, a tour guide, was badly injured while attempting to free the woman from the animal’s grasp. It’s understood a lioness jumped through the open window, biting the woman who was in the passenger seat.
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The two people were travelling in the car with their windows open. Johannesburg, SA: Katherine Chappell, 29, a visual effects artist for Game of Thrones, was killed and her tour guide seriously injured in an attack by a lioness at the Lion Park near Lanseria. At least 12 people have been killed in the disaster, including three zoo workers. Georgia Russia: Tigers, lions, a hippopotamus and other animals escaped from the zoo in Georgia’s capital after heavy flooding destroyed their enclosures, prompting authorities to warn residents in Tbilisi to say inside Sunday. All info from: Thanks Carole :-) Go Their ? > BCR Big Cat Attacks. Because there is no reporting agency that keeps such records the actual numbers are certainly much higher. These figures only represent the headlines that Big Cat Rescue has been able to track. that have resulted in the deaths of 94 humans and the mauling of 149 humans by captive big cats.


There have also been 276 big cat incidents outside the U.S. incidents have resulted in the deaths of 23 humans, 16 adults and 5 children, the additional mauling of 258 more adults and children, 269 escapes, the killing of 146 big cats, and 133 confiscations. involving captive exotic cats since 1990. The following is a partial listing (750) of incidents in the U.S.
