Two white tigers in their enclosure at Kowiachobee Animal Preserve in December 2023 with owner John Slaby in the background. Photo by Kelly J. Farrell
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Kowiachobee manager cited for allowing tiger contact
“Reach out and touch someone” does not apply to tigers. The idea of a tiger clenching a man’s fingers with its teeth and the memory of tigers tearing apart Collier County men’s arms moved investigators to take action against a Kowiachobee Animal Preserve manager this January.