MOUND VALLEY, Kan. Aug. 19, 2005
Tiger Kills Kansas Teen
Siberian Tiger Attacks 17-Year-Old Girl Posing For Senior Picture
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Play CBS Video Video Tiger Kills Kansas Teenager Haley Hilderbrand was supposed to start her last year of high school today but her family is planning her funeral instead. The local school superintendent explained on The Early Show.
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Photo Essay Tiger Attack Images from the career of Siegfried & Roy, and the aftermath of the attack on Roy Horn.
The Labette County Sheriff's office identified the victim as Haley R. Hilderbrand, 17, of Altamont. Hilderbrand was at the Lost Creek Animal Sanctuary posing for a photo with the 7-year-old tiger, which was being restrained by its handler, when the animal turned and attacked her.
"She was taking her picture, her senior pictures at the animal sanctuary and the tiger, for whatever reason, lunged at her and that resulted in her death," Labette County school superintendent Dennis Wilson told CBS News Early Show co-anchor Harry Smith. Wilson also noted that the sanctuary photo session was not a school-sanctioned activity.
"Parents on their own have senior pictures taken outside of the school," Wilson said.
Officers and handlers killed the animal. Emergency personnel were not able to revive Hilderbrand, who was later pronounced dead at the scene.
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