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Article: CAT WOMAN SARA THE TIGER WHISPERER WOOS THE CATS FOR CIRCUS CROWDS.(DAYBREAK)

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May 16, 2001
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Byline: Tom Alesia Wisconsin State Journal

So you think you've had a bad kiss? When Sara the Tiger Whisperer smooches the wet nose of one of her eight big cats, she must be careful the seven-foot-long, 400-pound animal doesn't end the embrace by swallowing her head.

"Sometimes," Sara purrs in a vaguely German accent suited for a James Bond villainess, "I forget how dangerous they can be."

Sara - pronounced "SAH-rah" - is Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey's main attraction: A 24-year-old big-haired blond, seemingly more Claudia Schiffer than Seigfried or Roy, who cuddles with eight tigers as comfortably as bubbly puppies.

When the ...

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