Gosia Wozniacka

This Wednesday, March 6, 2013 photo shows a sign posted near the gate near at the entrance of Cat Haven, the exotic animal park in central California where a 26-year old female volunteer intern was killed by a lion, in Dunlap, Calif. (AP Photo/Gosia Wozniacka)

Victim of fatal lion attack had 'dream job' at Cat Haven

Last updated Thursday, March 7, 2013 - 10:45am

 

DUNLAP, Calif. — The Seattle-area intern fatally mauled by a lion at a Central California exotic animal park loved lions and tigers since childhood, “was absolutely fearless” around them and hoped to work at a zoo after her six-month internship, her father said late Wednesday.

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FILE - This January, 2013 photo from files shows a lion yawning. (AP Photo/Tsvangirayi Mukwazhi, File)

Lion kills worker at Calif. wild animal park

Last updated Wednesday, March 6, 2013 - 6:08pm

DUNLAP, Calif. — A lion killed a worker on Wednesday at a private wild animal park in Central California, authorities said.

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Police search an area where a workplace shooting occurred that killed one person and wounded several others at Valley Protein, formally known as Apple Valley Farms Tuesday, Nov. 6, 2012, in Fresno, Calif. Police say a parolee who worked at the Fresno chicken processing plant opened fire at the business on Tuesday, killing one person and wounding three others, before shooting himself. Police Chief Jerry Dyer said they didn't know what prompted the attack by 42-year-old Lawrence Jones midway through his shift at Apple Valley Farms. Other workers told police he did not appear to be himself when he arrived at the plant for work. (AP Photo/Gary Kazanjian)

3 dead in Calif. workplace shooting

Last updated Tuesday, November 6, 2012 - 5:48pm

FRESNO, Calif. — A parolee who worked at a California chicken processing plant opened fire at the business on Tuesday, killing two people and wounding two others before taking his own life, authorities said.

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Emergency personnel respond to the scene of a train derailment where authorities say at least 20 passengers suffered minor to moderate injuries when a big rig truck collided with a southbound Amtrak train in the central valley Monday, Oct. 1, 2012 in Hanford, Calif. (AP Photo/The Fresno Bee, Gary Kazanjian)

Passenger train crash injures 20

Last updated Tuesday, October 2, 2012 - 9:36am

HANFORD, Calif. — Two cars and the locomotive of an Amtrak train carrying about 169 passengers derailed Monday after colliding with a big rig truck in California’s Central Valley, authorities said.

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