Exotic Incident #2538
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Cave Junction, OR - USA
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Incident Date:
16/06/2016
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Summary:
A white Bengal tiger named Scooby bit the arm of animal keeper Sara Romswinckel hard enough to break it. The keeper hadn’t noticed that the tiger’s den was unlocked. When the tiger then rubbed his face against the gate, it opened, prompting Romswinckel to push the gate in an effort to close it, exposing her arm. Both county and U.S. Department of Agriculture officials have since inspected the facility. The county inspector reported that the tiger, if he escaped the den, could have hopped a 6-foot wooden fence.