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A man was attacked by one of his 24 tigers and suffered severe injuries to his arm, head, and face. The man was the husband of Joan Byron-Marasek, the “Tiger Lady.”

A 3-month-old child was attacked in her crib by her family’s “pet” raccoon. The child suffered serious injuries sufficient to need major facial reconstructive surgery.

A Burmese python was on the loose in the Carter community. The snake escaped after a haystack fell on the snake’s enclosure, releasing the latch.

Tigger, a Bengal tiger, was shot and killed after escaping from a trailer at the Travelcenters of America truck stop. Tigger’s possessor was attempting to give him water when he escaped.

The director of the Kanapaha Botanical Gardens was working in one of the park’s water lily gardens when an 11-ft alligator, MoJo, bit off his right arm just below the elbow. MoJo was harpooned, shot, and his stomach slit open to retrieve the arm, but surgeons were unable to reattach the arm. The man was listed in fair condition.

A “pet” black-cap monkey, Skipper, was missing from his home. The monkey escaped while his possessor was in the hospital.

Four lions were shot and killed after they were found roaming near a town. It was suspected that the lions belonged to the operator of an exotic farm. However, the operator denied the allegations and maintained that someone dumped the animals.

Sima, a 150-lb tiger, lunged and grabbed a 6-year-old boy’s head in her jaws. Zoo to You brought the 1-year-old, declawed tiger in connection with a children’s awards ceremony for selling magazine subscriptions. The boy needed 55 stitches to close his wounds.

A python escaped its cage and killed and ate a dog. The snake was confiscated and taken to a rescue facility.

A 200-pound west Caucasian tur, a rare and endangered goat, gored a zookeeper at San Diego Zoo’s Wild Animal Park, while the woman cleaned the tur’s pen. The puncture wound under her ribs required surgery.