{"id":47699,"date":"2025-09-22T01:31:00","date_gmt":"2025-09-22T06:31:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ustower.net\/?p=47699"},"modified":"2025-09-22T04:44:06","modified_gmt":"2025-09-22T09:44:06","slug":"caretaker-killed-by-tiger-at-wildlife-preserve-in-southeastern-oklahoma","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ustower.net\/?p=47699","title":{"rendered":"Caretaker killed by tiger at wildlife preserve in southeastern Oklahoma"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\">HUGO, Okla. &#8212;&nbsp;An animal handler was killed by a tiger under his care at a preserve for big cats in southeastern Oklahoma, the organization said Sunday.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\">Growler Pines Tiger Preserve said in a statement that Ryan Easley died Saturday in \u201can accident&#8221; involving a tiger at the property near Hugo, not far from the Texas border.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\">\u201cThis tragedy is a painful reminder of both the beauty and unpredictability of the natural world,\u201d the preserve said on its Facebook page. \u201cRyan understood those risks \u2014 not out of recklessness but out of love. The animals under his care were not just animals to him, but beings he formed a connection with \u2014 one rooted in respect, daily care and love.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\">All tours have been canceled until further notice, the statement said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\">The preserve is a private facility where visitors can book tours to view tigers and see demonstrations on how the animals are trained and cared for, according to its website.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\"><a href=\"https:\/\/abcnews.go.com\/US\/wireStory\/caretaker-killed-tiger-wildlife-preserve-southeastern-oklahoma-125805346\">abcnews<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>HUGO, Okla. &#8212;&nbsp;An animal handler was killed by a tiger under his care at a preserve for big cats in southeastern Oklahoma, the organization said Sunday. Growler Pines Tiger Preserve said in a statement that Ryan Easley died Saturday in \u201can accident&#8221; involving a tiger at the property near Hugo, not far from the Texas [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":47700,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1154],"tags":[1884,34712,26661],"class_list":["post-47699","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-trending","tag-killed","tag-preserve","tag-tiger"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ustower.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/47699","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ustower.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ustower.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ustower.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/7"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ustower.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=47699"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/ustower.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/47699\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":47701,"href":"https:\/\/ustower.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/47699\/revisions\/47701"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ustower.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/47700"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ustower.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=47699"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ustower.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=47699"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ustower.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=47699"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}