Volunteer dies from mauling at Safari’s Exotic Wildlife Sanctuary

 
BY BRIAN SARGENT
Published: November 1, 2008

BROKEN ARROW — Peter Getz had no relatives in Oklahoma , but the owner and operator of Safari’s Exotic Wildlife Sanctuary thought of him as her brother. Lori Ensign even considered giving the sanctuary to Getz to reward him for all his work.

Getz, 32, died Thursday night at a Tulsa hospital. A lion-tiger hybrid cat called a liger gashed Getz on Wednesday while he was feeding the animal at the sanct...


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