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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
World
Harry Cockburn

Tiger Trainer – and ‘associate’ of Joe Exotic – mauled to death by big cat at Oklahoma preserve

A big cat trainer who once worked with infamous zoo-keeper Joe Exotic has been mauled to death by a tiger at a wildlife park in Oklahoma.

Ryan Easley, the operator of Growler Pines Tiger Preserve, was killed in what the organization has described as “an accident involving a tiger under his care” on 20 September.

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