HUGO, OK—On Saturday, September 20, beloved tiger trainer, and owner of Prowler Pines Tiger Preserve Ryan Easley, age 37, was mauled by a tiger that he had raised from a cub. The tiger attack occurred at the end of a tiger demonstration. Reports that his wife and children were present at the time of the attack.

The tiger reportedly attacked Easley around his neck and head causing fatal injuries. According to Choctaw County Sheriff’s Department, Easley was dead when Sheriff’s deputies arrived on the scene. Prowler Pines Tiger Preserve made an initial statement on their Facebook page confirming the death of Easley died in what they called, an “accident, involving a tiger under his care.” Prowler Pines Tiger Preserve located in the Red River Valley in Southeastern Oklahoma, close to the Texa

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