Lions, Tigers Apparently Not Enough To Keep Intruders Out Of Serenity Springs Wildlife Center

By Associated Press

COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. -- With 120 lions, tigers and other big cats on the grounds, the owner of a Colorado refuge didn't think he needed a security system.

Nick Sculac says he changed his mind after two January break-ins at Serenity Springs Wildlife Center, 20 miles east of Colorado Springs.

The Colorado Springs Gazette reports ( http://bit.ly/xZJT6H ) someone scaled a 10-foot fence lined with barbed wire and cut a hole in a cage, letting three tigers out. Workers found the tigers roaming the compound the next morning.

Days later, employees arriving for work found two people inside the compound trying to pet a cougar through its cage. Sculac says they scaled the outer fence and drove away.

Sculac says nobody was hurt. He says he hired a guard and is shopping for a security system.

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Comments

[karen lyons kalmenson]

05:31 AM on 02/03/2012

here kitty kitty is not a wise approach to large, captive cats

[cuoi]

09:29 AM on 02/04/2012

one must at least have a couple of keys of catnip when approaching the big kittys...

[karen lyons kalmenson]

10:28 AM on 02/04/2012

when approaching me, i recommend the same thing;-D

[wlkcrk]

11:15 PM on 02/02/2012

I guess that some people will go to extremes to commit suicide

[cuoi]

09:31 AM on 02/04/2012

I don't understand this is a problem. Folks who scale the fence knows what's in there. Must be expensive feeding those 120 big kittys.

[blurredmolly]

12:53 PM on 02/02/2012

why does he have these animals in the first place?

[bad spelling grammar]

04:25 PM on 02/02/2012

its a refuge for unwanted exotic pets

[blurredmolly]

05:58 PM on 02/02/2012

I missed that, thanks. still pretty dumb to be breaking in there, though.