Zoo owner wins legal battle

LONDON - Controversial millionaire zoo owner, Mr John Aspinall, entered his tigers' cage for the first time yesterday after winning…

LONDON - Controversial millionaire zoo owner, Mr John Aspinall, entered his tigers' cage for the first time yesterday after winning a legal battle over whether he and his keepers could pet the big cats.

The animals' keepers were banned from the enclosures for more than a year after a keeper was mauled to death by a Siberian tiger in November 1994.

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