Stripper Wins Damages After Tiger Attack

[Cass]

A stripper mauled by a tiger in an Ontario safari park has won $650,000 in damages because her scars meant she could no longer work, Canadian media said on Friday.



Jennifer-Anne Cowles was driving through the park nearly nine years ago with her then boyfriend when a tiger jumped into their car and tried to drag them away. The two insisted their windows had been shut when the tiger charged, although the park had challenged that.



The judge accepted the couple's testimony that the power windows had been inadvertently lowered when one of the big cats bumped against the car, frightening them.



In a ruling delivered on Thursday and reported in a number of Canadian newspapers, Justice Jean MacFarland said she could only imagine the "stark terror experienced by these young people during this horrendous event."



She awarded Cowles some $650,000 in damages, almost half of it to compensate for income she would have made as a stripper.



Her musician boyfriend, David Balac, won C$1.7 million, because his injuries left him unable to work as an accordion player.



African Lion Safari, near Hamilton, Ontario, west of Toronto, said it is reviewing the ruling, but it insisted the park was safe.



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[lady cop]

hahahahahaha....sorry, i am visualizing this broad stripping to an accordian player! lawrence welk conducting. :wah: ....anyway, i don't believe for a minute they didn't have the car windows down. oh, sure, the tiger made the window go down. uh huh. :-2....*ahem* ok, this was very tragic.....*snicker*

[Cass]

Maybe she was hoping for Tiger Woods?

[Bill Sikes]

lady cop wrote: hahahahahaha....sorry, i am visualizing this broad stripping to an accordian player! lawrence welk conducting. :wah: ....anyway, i don't believe for a minute they didn't have the car windows down. oh, sure, the tiger made the window go down. uh huh. :-2....*ahem* ok, this was very tragic.....*snicker*


Ah. The very soul of compassion.