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To social media promotions that turn fans into customers... to events that engage and create buzz... to e-mails that keep loyal customers coming back, our easy-to-use tools will keep you in front of your customers. see what's right for you at constantcontact.com/try. our second story "outfront," breaking news in the deadly lion attack. a worker at an animal sanctuary today was fatally mauled by a lion. authorities shot and killed it. the lion lived at cat haven, east of fresno. paul vercamen is following the story east of los angeles. i know you have some news now on who died. >> yes, we've ...

Called cat haven. >> i didn't see any type of aggressive behavior or anything that i needed to be worried about. >> reporter: cat haven is a 100-acre, wooded sanctuary, home to some of the rarest cats in the world, including lions, tigers and leopards. it's dedicated to the preservation of wildcats. 5-year-old couscous came to the sanctuary as a cub. founder dale hanson says this species of lion no longer exist in the wild. >> all the ones you see are in captivity. >> reporter: as for the victim diana hanson, it's not clear exactly how she died but her father says big cats were per passion, wr...

At one point when you were on ellen's show a few years ago. i know you're not sure if it was the same lion, but as we just heard, the statement i'm looking at from the cat haven, this lion was raised as a cub from 8 weeks. school children went to this place all the time to learn about lions. are you shocked by this attack? >> i think it's incredibly shocking when we see a tragedy like this unfold. these are very, very powerful creatures, and an animal like this could have a really good disposition, maybe a great animal as an advocate for a species, as an endangered creature from africa, but th...

Sanctuary for these various cats. it says it's dedicating to innovative preservation to wild cats and dale anderson when's sort of the owner of this, known around in circles and gone on talk shows in the past with cats. what we know right now is that we believe that the victim is a 26-year-old female intern at this sanctuary. >> paul, thank you very much. we appreciate it, and we have a statement in from project survival cat haven. they are confirming it was an intern, female age 26, who was killed today. they say their thoughts and prayers are with her family at this critical time. the lion w...

>> many republicans say the white house is using scare tactics in order to exaggerate the seriousness of the cuts. >> it is time now for your 5 at 5:30. horror at a cat sanctuary after an intern was mauled to death by a 350 pound african lion. 24-year-old diana hampton was inside the lion's enclosure alone at cat haven. that is when couscous, the name of the cat attacked her. when police arrived at the scene a sheriff's deputy shot and killed the 4-year-old lion. >> our thoughts and prayers go out to our friend and family, and to her family at this time in this trying time. >> it is not clear ...