In order to reassure the public that there is no continuing threat, authorities stressed that every animal on the property has been located and secured.
According to WPDE News, Eric’s relative, Robert Slate, who owns 5 Star Farms, released a brief statement requesting privacy and reassuring the public that none of the animals had fled their cage.
Police have promised to provide additional information after the autopsy findings are in, but the tragic and extremely unusual case is still being investigated.
Even in apparently safe and regulated settings, wildlife enthusiasts have had deadly brushes with their favorite animals before, as demonstrated by Saturday’s terrible event.
Many of these confined animals nevertheless exhibit feral tendencies, where their innate desires are unabated by the metal fencing and glass screening.
A number of cases have occurred in the solitude of the animal’s enclosure, but others have occurred outside of their boundaries of protection.
