Lion mauls woman intern to death at California animal sanctuary
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By DAILY MAIL REPORTER
A 26-year-old intern has been fatally mauled by an African lion after entering its cage at a private animal sanctuary in California today. The unidentified woman who was volunteering at the sanctuary was attacked after getting into the male lion's cage at Cat Haven sanctuary in Dunlap said California Fire spokesman Ryan Michaels. The four-year-old, 350-pound lion named Cous Cous was immediately shot and killed by a sheriff's deputy responding to the scene.
Cat Haven founder and executive director Dale Anderson was crying as he read a one-sentence statement about the fatal mauling at the exotic animal zoo he has operated since 1993. The intern was attacked and killed when she entered the lion's enclosure, he said.
He refused to take questions from reporters. 'Our thoughts and prayers are with her and her family at this critical time,' said Mr Anderson. Investigators were trying to determine why the intern was inside the enclosure and what might have provoked the attack, Fresno County sheriff's Sgt. Greg Collins said.
Fresno County Emergency Medical Services say they received a call to the sanctuary around 12.32pm today but by 12.52 the call was cancelled because the victim had already died, the Fresno Bee reports. The Fresno County Sheriff's Office explained their choice to shoot the cat in a news release following the attack, stating: 'Another employee had made several attempts to distract the lion away from the victim and into another enclosure prior to the deputy's arrival, but all attempts failed.'
The lion had been hand raised at the sanctuary since it was eight-months old, said Tanya Osegueda, a spokeswoman for Project Survival, the nonprofit that operates Cat Haven. Cat Haven is a private 100-acre non-profit animal sanctuary just west of Kings Canyon National Park. The site is about 45 miles east of Fresno in the Sierra Nevada foothills. Since the property opened in 1993, it has housed numerous big cats, including tigers, leopards and other exotic species.
'This facility has a very good history,' Lt. Tony Spada of state Fish & Wildlife told the Fresno Bee. 'In this case, someone just got too close.' The sanctuary boasts more intimate relationships with their cats, with videos showing their handlers interacting one-on-one with the animals inside their cages. 'We started the Cat Haven with the idea that giving people a better experience with cats, and hopefully they become interested when they see them and hear them and hopefully they'll want to take an active role in conservation for cats in the wild,' said Cat Haven's founder Dale Anderson speaking to Fox News in February.
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Leave them big cats in Africa.
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Hope she suffered a horrible death, full of pain and fear.
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no video this thread doesnt deliver
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The cat probably didn't recognize her scent...these trainers should be armed when entering into vulnerable animal environments.
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Im surprised they haven't invented a big ass suit to protect themselves.
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SMDH @ shootin a lion for goin lion.
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? probably thought she was gonna snap a pic with the lion, instagram that ? , and it was gonna be all good.
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Young_Chitlin wrote: »Fresno County Emergency Medical Services say they received a call to the sanctuary around 12.32pm today but by 12.52 the call was cancelled because the victim had already died, the Fresno Bee reports. The Fresno County Sheriff's Office explained their choice to shoot the cat in a news release following the attack, stating: 'Another employee had made several attempts to distract the lion away from the victim and into another enclosure prior to the deputy's arrival, but all attempts failed.'
So the lion was eating her? -
damn i wanna see this
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Gold_Certificate wrote: »Hope she suffered a horrible death, full of pain and fear.
well she got mauled by a lion so I think that fits the bill -
I like how they say she was attacked after she opened the lion's cage and entered it. LOL
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leave them cats alone
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MikeydaGawd wrote: »Im surprised they haven't invented a big ass suit to protect themselves.
I hear you, something like flexible metal padded but non penetrable.
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Already Home_17 wrote: »Gold_Certificate wrote: »Hope she suffered a horrible death, full of pain and fear.
well she got mauled by a lion so I think that fits the bill
I'm hoping she was immobilized, her windpipe crushed to make it hard to breathe/scream, her hands/arms getting bitten as she she tried to protect herself, and that her intestines getting ripped out and ? ; able to feel all of the pain given to her, terrified of her impending death, knowing that she will never see those she loved again, realizing that everything she ever planned to be in the future will end, completely helpless in her last moments.
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*Jamie Foxx voice*
COM'MERE LION!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vmleSfx9hn8
Made me think of this video...
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Damn, I thought @Darxwell had a Christopher Dorner avi.
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MikeydaGawd wrote: »Im surprised they haven't invented a big ass suit to protect themselves.
I always wished that type of thing could be invented. Then you could troll the ? outta bears in the mountains, instead of having this happen...
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Gold_Certificate wrote: »Already Home_17 wrote: »Gold_Certificate wrote: »Hope she suffered a horrible death, full of pain and fear.
well she got mauled by a lion so I think that fits the bill
I'm hoping she was immobilized, her windpipe crushed to make it hard to breathe/scream, her hands/arms getting bitten as she she tried to protect herself, and that her intestines getting ripped out and ? ; able to feel all of the pain given to her, terrified of her impending death, knowing that she will never see those she loved again, realizing that everything she ever planned to be in the future will end, completely helpless in her last moments.
? would be great.
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The King himself did not deserve to be shot to death.
Coming into my home and trying to stick me up?
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Young_Chitlin wrote: »
The four-year-old, 350-pound lion named Cous Cous was immediately shot and killed by a sheriff's deputy responding to the scene.http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tEIGqD80N6U
Lion charge @ 2:04, then bodied
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Poor lion...
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Got damnnnn at that video
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Down South Slangin wrote: »Gold_Certificate wrote: »Already Home_17 wrote: »Gold_Certificate wrote: »Hope she suffered a horrible death, full of pain and fear.
well she got mauled by a lion so I think that fits the bill
I'm hoping she was immobilized, her windpipe crushed to make it hard to breathe/scream, her hands/arms getting bitten as she she tried to protect herself, and that her intestines getting ripped out and ? ; able to feel all of the pain given to her, terrified of her impending death, knowing that she will never see those she loved again, realizing that everything she ever planned to be in the future will end, completely helpless in her last moments.
? would be great.
? , you crazy
This time she's dead forever.