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- Big Cat Attacks
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Published May 08, 2007 @ 03:16PM PT
The following is a partial listing (803) of incidents involving captive big cats since 1990. These incidents have resulted in the killing or deaths of 234 big cats, 71 human deaths, more than 248 human maulings, 214 exotic cat escapes and 364 confiscations. http://www.bigcatrescue.org/big_cat_news.htm To see a video of the mauling of a zoo keeper in 2006 go to http://www.bigcatrescue.org/animal_contact.htm The Journal of Internal Medicine in 2006 estimated that 50 million people worldwide have been infected with zoonotic diseases since 2000 and as many as 78,000 have died. Read more about zoonotic diseases here: http://www.bigcatrescue.org/zoonosis.htm To see the number of exotic cats abandoned each year go to http://www.bigcatrescue.org/animal_abuse.htm To vi... Read More
