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<p>FILE - In this March 6, 2013 file photo, an officer guards the gate near at the entrance of Cat Haven, the exotic animal park in central California where a 26-year old female volunteer intern was killed by a lion, in Dunlap, Calif. Over the past few decades, as an exotic animal trade boomed and Americans bought up cute tiger and bear cubs, wild animal sanctuaries sprang up throughout the nation to take care of those wild animals once they grew to adult-size and were abandoned. Some of these sanctuaries focused on rescuing big wild cats. In turn, the growth in the trade of exotic animals and the number of sanctuaries that rescued them led to more humans handling predatory species and fueled an increase in wild cat-related incidents. (AP Photo/Gosia Wozniacka, File)</p>

<p>FILE - In this March 6, 2013 file photo, an officer guards the gate near at the entrance of Cat Haven, the exotic animal park in central California where a 26-year old female volunteer intern was killed by a lion, in Dunlap, Calif. Over the past few decades, as an exotic animal trade boomed and Americans bought up cute tiger and bear cubs, wild animal sanctuaries sprang up throughout the nation to take care of those wild animals once they grew to adult-size and were…

November 15, 2013

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Attacks, deaths rampant at wild cat sanctuaries
November 15, 2013 8 p.m.

Attacks, deaths rampant at wild cat sanctuaries

PORTLAND, Ore. - Over the past few decades, as an exotic pet trade boomed and Americans bought cute tiger cubs and baby monkeys, sanctuaries sprang up across the nation to take care of the animals that were abandoned when they reached adult-size or were no longer wanted.