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Globe file Dr. Erica Wilson, vetrinarian for Dickerson Park Zoo in Springfield, talks to Shena, a 9-year-old tiger recovered near Seneca recently, to examine her mood at the zoo.

Bill requires permits for tigers, other large carnivores

Beth Preiss, director of the exotic-pets campaign for the Humane Society of the United States, said the legislation, if approved, would move Missouri from near the bottom of the states to the middle in terms of regulating the captive, wild animals.

“It’s a modest bill,” Preiss said. “We think it’s a good step forward.”

Preiss said neighboring Kansas has a model law for the nation. The law, which essentially bans private ownership of wild animals, was approved by the Legislature in 2006.

It was prompted by the Aug. 18, 2005, death of 17-year-old Haley Hilderbrand, of Altamont. Hilderbrand was attacked by a tiger during a photo shoot at an animal sanctuary.

Subsequent federal legislation that would have banned any direct contact between the wild cats and the public failed to receive approval in Congress. It was introduced by then-U.S. Rep. Jim Ryun, R-Kan., and also was prompted by Hilderbrand’s death.

“It’s time for Missouri to take action,” Preiss said. She said people don’t want tigers, lions or other big cats as neighbors.

“It’s better to act before someone is injured or killed,” she said.

The Associated Press contributed to this report.

Tiger owners

An estimated 5,000 tigers are privately owned in the United States. That’s more than those living in the wild in India.

Source: Humane Society of the United States



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