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Source: Reuters
A Canadian man who kept exotic cats behind his farmhouse was
mauled to death by his 650-pound pet tiger, police said.
Norman Buwalda, a 66-year-old collector of wild animals, was found
dead in the tiger's pen on Monday at the property in western
Ontario.
"The owner of some exotic animals went out to feed the tiger which
was in a cage or large pen and the animal attacked him and killed
him," said Troy Carlson, a constable for the Ontario Provincial
Police who attended to the incident.
He said Buwalda's family and officials of nearby Southwold township
would decide what to do with the tiger. The cat was found pacing
inside the compound in which it was kept when police arrived on the
scene.
The tiger was described as a large, fully grown male, although
Carlson could not identify the subspecies.
"There were no witnesses so we don't know what prompted the attack,
but a short time later a family member found (Buwalda) and
contacted police," he said.
Carlson said that six years ago a Siberian tiger attacked a
10-year-old boy on the Buwalda property.
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