The Journal of Internal Medicine in 2006 estimated that 50 million people worldwide have been infected with zoonotic diseases in the past 6 years and as many as 78,000 have died. Because there is no reporting agency that keeps such records the actual numbers are certainly much higher. These figures only represent the headlines that Big Cat Rescue has been able to track. that have resulted in the deaths of 121 humans and the mauling of 204 humans by captive big cats. There have also been 375 big cat incidents outside the U.S. incidents have resulted in the deaths of 25 humans, 20 adults and 5 children, the additional mauling of 274 more adults and children, 300 escapes, the killing of 161 big cats, and 140 confiscations. involving captive exotic cats since 1990. The following is a partial listing (806) of incidents in the U.S. See an interactive online map of tiger owners. Note that no one knows how many are in backyards and basements of private owners who are not required to be licensed by USDA. See a list of all of the known tigers in USDA facilities in America. Big Cat Killings, Maulings & Escapes 2010 & Beforeįor an Excel sheet of incidents by state, by year, by species and by country go HEREĬlick to see the killings, maulings and escapes by big cats by total for each state for less detail, but numbers updated through 2014. There are so many that they won’t all fit on one page. ![]() These big cat attack stories are from 1919-2020.
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