tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-105106822009-09-10T11:57:57.860-07:00mazafakahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05039296850043238105noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10510682.post-1107121436966854832005-01-30T13:43:00.000-08:002005-01-30T13:43:56.966-08:00TORONTO (Reuters) - A stripper mauled by a tiger in an Ontario safari park has won $650,000 in damages because her scars meant she could no longer work, Canadian media said on Friday. <br />Jennifer-Anne Cowles was driving through the park nearly nine years ago with her then boyfriend when a tiger jumped into their car and tried to drag them away. The two insisted their windows had been shut when the tiger charged, although the park had challenged that. <br />The judge accepted the couple's testimony that the power windows had been inadvertently lowered when one of the big cats bumped against the car, frightening them. <br />In a ruling delivered on Thursday and reported in a number of Canadian newspapers, Justice Jean MacFarland said she could only imagine the "stark terror experienced by these young people during this horrendous event." <br />She awarded Cowles some $650,000 in damages, almost half of it to compensate for income she would have made as a stripper. <br />Her musician boyfriend, David Balac, won C$1.7 million, because his injuries left him unable to work as an accordion player. <br />African Lion Safari, near Hamilton, Ontario, west of Toronto, said it is reviewing the ruling, but it insisted the park was safe. <br />"Hundreds of millions of people drive through safari style parks worldwide every decade and there are very few incidents causing injury," it said in a statement. "It is one of the safest activities you can do with your family." <br /><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/10510682-110712143696685483?l=maturec.blogspot.com'/></div>mazafakahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05039296850043238105noreply@blogger.com1