A big cat trainer who once worked with infamous zoo-keeper Joe Exotic has been mauled to death by a tiger at a wildlife park in Oklahoma. Ryan Easley, the operator of Growler Pines Tiger Preserve, was killed in what the organization has described as “an accident involving a tiger under his care” on 20 September.

An animal handler was killed by a tiger under his care at a preserve for big cats in southeastern Oklahoma, the organization said Sunday.