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Nice kitty: Trainer Wayne Ragen, 26, is having his hand licked, not his nails trimmed, by sam, a 250-pound Bengal tiger at the Garden Brothers Circus, Which opens tonight at Maple Leaf Gardens
Nice kitty: Trainer Wayne Ragen, 26, is having his hand licked, not his nails trimmed, by sam, a 250-pound Bengal tiger at the Garden Brothers Circus, Which opens tonight at Maple Leaf Gardens

Nice kitty: Trainer Wayne Ragen, 26, is having his hand licked, not his nails trimmed, by sam, a 250-pound Bengal tiger at the Garden Brothers Circus, Which opens tonight at Maple Leaf Gardens

Date2/24/1982
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Original Toronto Star caption: Nice kitty: Trainer Wayne Ragen; 26; is having his hand licked; not his nails trimmed; by sam; a 250-pound Bengal tiger at the Garden Brothers Circus; Which opens tonight at Maple Leaf Gardens.
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