Exotic Incident #231
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Yorktown, TX - USA
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Incident Date:
02/06/1999
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Summary:
A male tiger jumped on a 10-year-old girl who entered the cage with her stepfather to groom the animal. The girl was dragged through the cage and died of head and neck injuries. The stepfather took the tiger to exotic animal shows and had applied for a USDA exhibitor license at the time of the attack.