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Saturday, December 09, 2006


Parenthood may be difficult, but judging by the six billion people on the planet it's obvious that it's not impossible to ensure your children remain safe during their formative years. That is, unless you're stupid enough to un-leash a wild cougar at a seven year old's birthday party.
A 4-year-old girl was mauled at a children's birthday party by a cougar that had been brought in by a wild-animal business to entertain the youngsters, authorities said.

The girl was attacked on Nov. 18 at the home of Goya Foods president Francisco Unanue during a party for his 7-year-old child and suffered severe cuts on her eyelid, cheek and ear, authorities said. Doctors sewed back part of her severed ear.

Police said Wild Animal World owner and trainer Corinne Oltz removed the leashed cougar from its cage to show it to the children, but the girl sneaked behind Oltz and startled the animal. The declawed cat seized the child's head with its teeth.

The 62-pound cougar was destroyed last week so that it could be tested for rabies; it did not have rabies.
It's horrible that a four year old got mauled, but why did they have to kill the cougar? Couldn't they have "destroyed" Oltz for removing the leash, or how 'bout Unane for hiring a frigin' cougar for a birthday party? Geez.



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