A horrific tragedy unfolded this past Saturday at the Growler Pines Tiger Preserve in Hugo, Oklahoma, when 37-year-old Ryan Easley, was fatally attacked by a tiger in front of an audience.
The incident occurred during a performance, leaving witnesses, including Easley’s wife and young daughter, traumatized.
Choctaw County Sheriff Terry Park told ABC News that Easley had been performing with a tiger he had raised since it was a cub when the animal suddenly turned on him. “It happened toward the end of a show in which there were people that saw this incident occur,” Park said. “No one knows, other than God above, as to what made the tiger attack the handler/trainer.”
