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Exotic Incident #2773

Incident Date:
10/25/2016
Location:
Pensacola, FL - USA
Facility Name:
Pensacola Interstate Fair
Facility Type:
Non-accredited Facility (RSZ)
Incident Category:
Injury to animal (IN)
Species:
Big Cats
Animal:
Tiger
Animal disposition:
Other

Summary:

A video taken at the Pensacola Interstate Fair shows a trainer in the cage with a female tiger, seemingly trying to corral the tiger before being pushed to the ground. Once the trainer is on the ground she tries to fend off the tiger with a small pole, before smacking the animal in the head repeatedly.

Another trainer unlocks and runs into the cage with a whip and begins hitting the tiger as she drags the female trainer by her legs into a corner. The trainer hits the tiger more than 20 times with the whip before she lets the female trainer go. The female trainer was taken to the hospital and treated for several scratches to her legs.

Action take by Born Free USA:

Notes:

http://www.al.com/news/mobile/index.ssf/2016/10/video_shows_tiger_dragging_wom.html