DUNLAP, Calif. (KSEE/KGPE) – Red meat donations are needed for wild cats at the Project Survival Cat Haven, which is a park dedicated to the preservation of wild cats. Officials with Project Survival’s Cat Haven say they offer their wild cats a mixture of chicken, whole prey, and red meat, and their red meat primarily […]
heather: a californian mall sanctuary is re-opened to the public today less than a week after 24-year-old intern was fatally mauled by a male lion. investigators say she was attacked after the lion was able to lift the door of a partly closed feeding cage with its paw. today s re-opening was dedicated to her memory. now we are streaming live from california with the story. michelle? reporter: yes, heather, this has been a very somber mood for the people at project survival cat haven with visitors and workers come to show their support for her, and visiters, over 400 visitors came to honor her, and this man came from fresno to show his support. it has been very difficult. and.it is hard to come to grips with something like this but we have to get ourself around this and realize
instantaneously. now we have heard from the founder again of the project survival cat haven where this happened. his name is dale anderson, in part he says during this very sad and difficult time we have have also had to turn our attention to the remaining 29 cats at our facility. it s important that we tend to their health and well being and we believe returning to a state of normal operations is part of that process. anderson says they will reopen on sunday. and he is getting a press conference, shepard in about an hour to update people as well. shepard: what are we hearing from the victim s family in the wake of this new information? well, the family is very supportive of the cat s location. in fact, they say in her memory they want people to donate to six different charities that involve big cats, including that one outside fresno called the project survival cat haven. they have been very supportive of her work and said she would want to continue to be supportive. her mother do
foremost diana would want the work at the cat haven is doing to continue. again, that from the family. they have, again, shepard, been very supportive of the work there. it seems like a tragic accident that continues to be investigated at this hour, shepard. shepard: adam housley in los angeles this afternoon. thanks. well, teachers can legally carry firearms inside the classrooms in south dakota. the governor today signed a bill allowing teachers and other school personnel to carry guns. it s believed the first state to pass such a law enforcement the governor said is he comfortable with it because school districts can choose whether to arm the teachers and anybody carrying a firearm is required to undergo training similar to it law enforcement trach. opponents including the state school board and teacher s association called it rushed legislation that does not make schools any safer. well a drunken driver in new mexico is suing his drinking buddy and the two restaurants that serv
place at the cat haven were in place at the cat haven. we have been incident free for 16 years since we opened in 1998. we are cooperating fully with the sheriff s department in the investigation and hope we can determine exactly what happened. reporter: this has been tough of course for diana s family. they say she loved cats from the time she was four, five years old she used to draw cartoons of them. the lion was called cous-cous. they believe he got out of the cage, got her from behind and broke her neck with a paw swipe. everyone is upset they lost her and said she was an amazing person. take a listen. even though she was only with us for a little over two months, she was part of our family. she made instant friendships with everybody up here, everybody loved her. reporter: that was the reaction from the project survival cat haven where she was very beloved.