MOUND VALLEY, Kan. Aug 18, 2005 — A Siberian tiger attacked and killed a teenage girl who was posing for photos at a family-run animal sanctuary Thursday in southeast Kansas, authorities said.
The Labette County Sheriff's office identified the victim as Haley R. Hilderbrand, 17, of Altamont. A statement from the office said Hilderbrand was at the Lost Creek Animal Sanctuary posing for photos with the 7-year-old tiger, which was being restrained by its handler, when the animal turned and attacked her.
Officers and handlers killed the animal. Emergency personnel were not able to revive Hilderbrand.
Doug Billingsly and his family opened the 80-acre sanctuary in 1994. According to the sanctuary's Web site, its animals include lions, leopards, tigers and bears. The site says the sanctuary has an affiliated Animal Entertainment Productions, which trains animals for stage performances, movies, television shows and magic shows.
Billingsly didn't immediately return a phone call for comment.
The Labette County Sheriff's office identified the victim as Haley R. Hilderbrand, 17, of Altamont. A statement from the office said Hilderbrand was at the Lost Creek Animal Sanctuary posing for photos with the 7-year-old tiger, which was being restrained by its handler, when the animal turned and attacked her.
Officers and handlers killed the animal. Emergency personnel were not able to revive Hilderbrand.
Doug Billingsly and his family opened the 80-acre sanctuary in 1994. According to the sanctuary's Web site, its animals include lions, leopards, tigers and bears. The site says the sanctuary has an affiliated Animal Entertainment Productions, which trains animals for stage performances, movies, television shows and magic shows.
Billingsly didn't immediately return a phone call for comment.
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Re: Murder in Kansas
Fri, August 19, 2005 - 7:52 PMBackwoods hicks with cramped cages allowing these teenagers to scream and shout at their friend's during High School photo shoots with 600 pound animals and now the rarest and most important large mammal group in the world has one less member. -
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Re: Murder in Kansas
Sun, September 4, 2005 - 3:59 PMthanks amanda i´ve been super remote for the last month, and now i´m in ecuador.
while i´m sorry that someone lost their daughter that they loved,
WHEN WILL YOU FUCKING REALIZE TIGERS ARE VORACIOUS HUNTER CATS,
NOT PLAYTOYS,
NOT CUDDLY PHOTO FRIENDS
i mean really!
tragedy that a tiger had to die for this shit!
tragedy
t r a g e d y ! ! !
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