Tiger handler Ryan Easley was killed Saturday after he was fatally mauled by a tiger that he had trained for years at Growler Pines Tiger Preserve in Hugo, Oklahoma. Few details on the attack are ...

(NewsNation) — A close bond turned fatal at an Oklahoma tiger preserve Saturday, when a handler was fatally mauled by the very animal he had raised from a cub. Ryan Easley, 37, was the operator of the ...

Ryan Easley, an animal handler, was killed by a tiger on Saturday, September 20, 2025, at the Growler Pines Tiger Preserve near Hugo, Oklahoma. The preserve has described the event as “an accident.” ...

HUGO, Okla. (KXII/CNN/CNN Newsource/WKRC) — A tiger handler who was killed in an attack at a preserve was linked to "Joe Exotic." A tiger handler has died after being attacked by one of the animals ...

"Tiger King" Joe Exotic has hit out after news reports linked him to a tiger trainer who was mauled to death.

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 ...

A tiger handler who was an “associate” of “Tiger King” star Joe Exotic was fatally mauled by a big cat under his care at an Oklahoma preserve over the weekend, according to authorities. Ryan Easley ...

A tiger handler linked to “Tiger King” Joe Exotic was killed Saturday by one of the big cats at the Oklahoma preserve where he worked, according to the facility. Ryan Easley “lost his life in an ...

“Tiger King” Joe Exotic has hit out after news reports linked him to a tiger trainer who was mauled to death. “This is the c**p I am sick of. CNN drags me into this story to make a headline worth ...