Credit: KOIN-TV
The 9-1-1 tape from this past weekend’s deadly cougar mauling that killed a Pennsbury graduate have been released.
Renee Radziwon-Chapman, 36, was killed inside a cage at WildCat Haven Sanctuary near Sherwood, Oregon. Authorities say at least one cougar attacked her.
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Audio from the 9-1-1 call reveal the harrowing actions taken by sanctuary owner Michael Tuller, who arrived back at the facility to find Radziwon-Chapman dead of injuries sustained in the attack.
Excerpt from the audio:
9-1-1: She was attacked by a cat?
Tuller: I believe. Ok? By a cougar, I believe. I’m going back down. I’ve got to go back down to her, OK? She’s down in the enclosure. I’m going down to get her. Can you hear me? I’m on a cordless phone, it’s going to run out in a minute here.
9-1-1: Ok, sir, she’s in the cat enclosure?
Tuller: She’s in the cat enclosure. I’m going to get her out right now. I’m going to lose you here, OK? Do you hear me?
The tape reveals that the dispatcher asks Tuller if he needs a Chaplin to help him deal with what he just witnessed.
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“I don’t know!” he screams hysterically several times.
The five-minute 9-1-1 call was posted on YouTube by KATU-TV in Portland.
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Radziwon-Chapman, according to sources and the woman’s Facebook page, graduated from Pennsbury High School in 1995 before moving to the Portland area. She had worked at the WildCat Haven Sanctuary for eight years as the head keeper and a vet tech. She was married and was a mother to a baby girl.
The sanctuary, which has about 60 big cats, reported that no cats escaped from their enclosures.
Friends and family poured their thoughts onto Radziwon-Chapman Facebook page in the wake of the tragedy.
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A donation page for Radziwon-Chapman’s 6-month-old daughter has been set up, click here to go to that website.
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