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| One dead in California lion attack | One dead in California lion attack |
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| A lion has killed a worker at a private big cat park near Fresno, California, officials say. | |
| Fresno County officials say they responded to reports of an animal attack at Project Survival's Cat Haven. | Fresno County officials say they responded to reports of an animal attack at Project Survival's Cat Haven. |
| The unidentified worker who got into a cage with the lion was attacked and fatally injured. | |
| The lion, a four-year-old male named Couscous, was shot and killed by a Fresno County official, a Fish and Wildlife spokesman href="http://www.fresnobee.com/2013/03/06/3201469/animal-attack-reported-at-cat.html" >told the Fresno Bee. | |
| Lt Tony Spada said this type of incident as "very rare" because of the safety measures required by the state and because regulations require minimal human-animal interaction. | |
| "This facility has a very good history," Lt Spada said. "In this case, someone just got too close." | |
| The identity of the deceased worker was not released. | |
| Couscous had been raised at Cat Haven since he was eight weeks old, said Tanya Osegueda, a spokeswoman for Project Survival. | |
| The facility, licenced by the California Department of Fish and Wildlife, is about 45 miles (75km) east of Fresno. | |
| The project opened in 1993, and has housed numerous big cats, including Bengal tigers, Siberian lynx, jaguars and leopards |