hanson was in the lion s enclosure. all this remains under investigation but park officials are looking into whether safety protocols were strictly followed. by all accounts the 24-year-old intern spent a lot of time around this lion in the few weeks she had been working at the sanctuary. according to her father, couscous was her favorite animal there, she told him she was disappointed park rules did not allow her to go into the cages. it was a rule she was fully aware of. the cat haven sanctuary is located in dunlap, 45 miles east of press foe. fresno. the education and research facility opened two decades ago and passed state inspections on a regular basis. it is home to 28 rare animals including tigers, cheetah you, leopards and jaguars. this african male was one of two lion as there. it was brought to cat haven as an four-month old cub. there were no reports he had ever attacked anyone before. martha. martha: the victim s father
some didn t and were arrested. and charged with trespassing and disorderly conduct and some face more serious charges of attempted robbery, sex abuse and assault. this as the tents were put up and sleeping bags rolled out which is against park rules, but they say that s not true and contend it s the police who are breaking law locking them out of the park and pushing and hitting them with batons and in some cases they say grabbing people by the throat. 73 people were arrested and three protesters and two officers were injured in those scuffles that you saw. harris: you know, in the six months since the movement began and we su it fan out across the country and logo t-shirts and everything. do we have some idea what is happening. once the weather heats up, occupy movement began in
just before midnight, about 100 cops swept the park, handcuffing dozens of protesters. earlier, 15 people were arrested and three police officers actually two were injured. and we re told electrical boxes were tampered with and there was also evidence of graffiti. the occupy movement, if you ll remember, began on september 17. protesters began bringing in tents and camping out and say they were drawing attention to the income gap between what they called the 99% and the 1%, the poor and the very, very rich. then on november 15, police came in and cleared zuccotti park, claiming they were breaking park rules and could not set up any permanent structure. the nypd says last night they saw tents going up and sleeping bags being rolled out and that is why they moved in. also if you remember back on november 17, thousands walked on wall street and marched brooklyn bridge, chanting for what they call the occupy day of action. we did talk with a rep from occupy wall street, he says the
tents and essentially set up house inside glue is catty park. the protesters were told they could return once cleaning crews left. this is their biggest fear, if they allowed city to get in and clean up, they would find the city saying you are not getting ba income on their return. reporter: when they were moved out yesterday, the mayor said the protesters would be able to return back to the park but have to obey park rules which included things like no tents no sleeping. i want to point out the scene behind me, it pulls together, several hundred trying to get access back into the park and that is because this morning, a court order was issued saying that the city could not, in fact, enforce rules that were put into effect after the protests had start and that included those very rules of no camping, no sleeping and the
to occupy the park with tent he is and sleeping bags. now, they will have to occupy the space with the power of their arguments. our nbc s correspondent is live at the park. mara what is the status of the protesters, going back in now? reporter: this is where we get into back and forth this morning. when they were cleared out early this morning, the mayor did say they would be allowed back in. he did note that when the protesters were allowed back into the park, they would have to obey park rules which included things like no tents and no sleeping bags, essentially, changing the whole nature of their occupation here. since that happened this morning, a court issued an order prohibiting the city from enforcing laws to put into place after they started occupying the park and those include those rules of no tents, no sleeping bags and the like. so, now, they are in a bit of a dispute over that. there is a hearing going to be held at 11:30 this morning about that and the city has decid