The USPCA in Northern Ireland has moved against a man who allowed people to be photographed with his pet tiger at the dangerous animals pound he ran for the charity.
When officers arrived to evict Norman Elder from the centre at Benvarden near Ballymoney, one was struck by a van.
Matters came to a head when photographs of visitors stroking Sonya the tiger were posted on the internet.
Police and the ambulance service were called during the operation to remove Mr Elder from the site.
Mr Elder admitted letting people into the tiger's enclosure but said he had done nothing wrong.
"There is no law against it. There is a safety issue. At the time I felt the tiger was behaving well enough for somebody to go in," he said.
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