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A 16-year-old was mauled by three tigers at a zoo in Missouri yesterday. Dakota Ramel, who works at the facility, was attacked at Branson Interactive Zoo and Aquarium, formerly known as Predator World. He was apparently in the tiger pen taking a picture for a zoo patron when the attack happened.
"While in the pen with the tigers, one of the tigers jumped on the victim and knocked him to the ground," Stone County Sheriff Richard Hill said in a news release. "At that point, two other tigers joined in the attack and drug the victim to a water pool."Other employees were able to hold the tigers back with a CO2 extinguisher and pulled the teen from the cage before emergency responders arrived....
Or maybe the tigers were helping him. Either way, Ramel was airlifted to a hospital where he remains in critical condition.
It was the second tiger attack in Missouri in as many days. Another tiger jumped an 8-to-10-foot tall gate to attack a 26-year-old man at Wesa-A-Geh-Ya animal farm in Warrenton. The man is expected to make a full recovery. [News-Leader, AP, NBC 5, AP, photo by ucumari]
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Those Missouri Tigers ... they're tough.
Branson Interactive Zoo and Aquarium, formerly known as Predator World
Just had to make the name more classy........
Doesn't this belong on... Missourist or something?
Sorry, feeling snarky in the heat this afternoon.
Ahhh, my home state. There's recently been a string of monkey attacks in the MO town that I grew up in. What is it with the rednecks and their exotic animals?
You're in trouble when the monkey cavalry rides in to some sleepy MO town on those tigers.
I thought the same thing xlprg did...
I just know that if Margaret Lyons fails to hand over my t shirt and award, she will be editing for the Alaskaist, so dress warmly!