(4 Dec 2007) HEADLINE: Hedren: Tiger mauling was 'a terrible shock'
CAPTION: A worker at Tippi Hedren's California animal sanctuary remains in intensive care after he was bitten in the neck while cleaning a tiger's enclosure. Hedren says she doesn't know what set the tiger off, but says "It's not his fault.'' She blames the people who illegally breed tigers as pets. She rescued this tiger from one of these facilities in 2003. (Dec. 4)
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Alexander the tiger was keeping a close watch on media gathered around his fenced in compound Tuesday.
The male Bengal tiger attacked a caretaker Monday here at the Shambala Preserve, a wild animal sanctuary about 40 miles Northeast of Los Angeles operated by actress Tippi Hedren.
(Upsound worker Jesus Torres....)
Jesus Torres was in the caged pen with caretaker Chris Orr when the 450-pound tiger suddenly, without warning, came at Orr.
It was Torres who pulled his badly injured co-worker to safety.
SOT: Jesus Torres, caretaker, Shambala Preserve.
Hedren told reporters that Orr was airlifted Monday from the animal compound and is listed in critical but stable condition.
SOT: Tippi Hedren, founder, Shambala Preserve.
Hedren says this is the first such attack at Shambala since she founded the shelter in the early 1970's.
The sanctuary is now home to more than 60 big cats, including tigers, lions and leopards...many of them, she says, bred illegally in captivity.
SOT: Hedren
California state officials are investigating the tiger attack.
Hedron says new safety measures are being considered for Shambala's big cat caretakers to prevent another attack from happening again.
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