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Animals: Tiger Hunt

Last week in Los Angeles, Alfred Hill, 12, and three companions .went to Luna Park Zoo to go hunting. Alfred took his jackknife with him in case they met with any lions or tigers. Seeing a bushy thicket, the four boys climbed a high fence which separated the enclosure from spectators. Alfred ran ahead, knife in hand, climbed over a low wall. Suddenly he screamed. From a thicket in front of him, sprang a huge tiger. It knocked him down, mangled him badly. Melvin Koontz, the zoo cat keeper, ran for his rifle,...

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