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Tiger kills handler in attack at show

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September 24, 2025

AN animal handler linked to "Tiger King" Joe Exotic has been killed by his own big cat in front of horrified crowds at a show.

- BY CHRISTOPHER BUCKTIN US Editor

The tiger bit and shook Ryan Easley, 37, at the end of a demonstration inside a cage in Oklahoma.

Police said the handler's wife and young daughter were there during the attack at his Growler Pines Tiger Preserve. Mr Easley was already dead when deputies arrived.

Choctaw County Sheriff Terry Park said: “It was a big tiger. This particular one he'd had for quite some time.”

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