When he went to the hospital, Saffery was given the choice to go through two years of surgery or amputate, ultimately choosing the latter so he could get back to work.
During the events of Tiger King itself, G.W. Zoo staffer Saffery also suffered a similar injury.
Tiger King spoke with Saffery and goes deep into the story during the Netflix doc.
As noted prior, this isn’t the first time that a tiger at one of the animal sanctuaries spotlighted during Netflix’s popular Tiger King docuseries has gotten violent.