Britain’s ‘Tiger King’ who starred in hit ITV show is mauled by his own BIG CATS and rushed to hospital

BRITAIN’S Tiger King has been airlifted to infirmary aft helium was mauled by a large feline astatine his ain sanctuary. 

Terrence Moore, 78, was attacked by the 13st beast astatine The Cat Survival Trust, successful Welwyn, Hertfordshire, connected Tuesday afternoon.

The feline - besides known arsenic a puma - took a chunk retired of Moore’s limb earlier cops were called to unafraid the country astatine his £3m compound.

Officers were capable to escaped Moore from the cage without destroying the predator.

He was past airlifted to infirmary for life-saving treatment.

Moore antecedently starred connected ITV's Paul O'Grady Show and Daybreak, portion helium besides appeared connected Animal Planet's Snow Leopards of Leafy London.

While with O'Grady, helium brought a snowfall leopard for US vocalist Katy Perry to hold.

The amusement besides revealed however Moore would participate the enclosures equipped lone with a broom.

He has been dubbed the UK's Tiger King, aft notorious Joe Exotic from deed Netflix show.

It is understood the cougar-fanatic is present receiving attraction successful infirmary - with corruption a monolithic hazard from immoderate feline bite.

The onslaught comes conscionable 4 months aft Moore was fined £14,000 and banned from keeping large cats - for selling nationalist visits contempt not having a licence for the rundown centre.

Moore’s five-acre property was besides recovered to beryllium unsuitable for the wildlife helium had caged determination and helium was convicted of neglect implicit the animals.

A adjacent person told The Sun: “I conscionable can’t judge Terrence was bitten. He loves those cats and they emotion him.

“Even though helium is utilized to them helium indispensable person been terrified. It’s a occurrence helium has survived. That could person gone very, precise wrong.

“He is truthful cautious and methodical - helium has been doing this for decades. Perhaps it’s the accent of having to get escaped of the cats that has made him slip-up.

“They are his family. He would person them circular the eating array astatine Christmas arsenic cubs. For him and his woman it volition beryllium similar giving distant their children.”

Moore - who claims to person a doctorate - was targeted astir 4pm connected Tuesday (November 5) and an aerial ambulance was rushed to the scene.

Care for the animals is present understood to person fallen to Hertfordshire Zoo, which had stepped successful to defender the pumas and snowfall leopards inactive astatine the centre.

It comes conscionable weeks earlier Moore was owed backmost successful tribunal to finalise the removal of each the animals from his care.

In May, a jury  astatine St Albans crown tribunal convicted Moore of 4 counts of causing unnecessary suffering to animals by failing to question due and indispensable veterinary care.

He was besides convicted of 7 counts of utilizing an endangered carnal taxon for commercialized summation without a licence.

He was cleared of 8 counts of causing unnecessary suffering, and 4 counts of commercialized gain.

The tribunal fined him £14,380 and banned him from keeping animals for 5 years.

However, the prohibition was suspended for six months due to the fact that no-one other was prepared to instrumentality connected the large cats.

Moore’s Cat Survival Trust (CST) was ne'er a zoo - but did merchantability memberships for arsenic small arsenic £7, allowing the nationalist to person a tours from Moore oregon a volunteer.

Cats listed successful past reviews see a jaguar named Athena, an amur leopard called Comet, and a puma named Toffee, said to beryllium the largest successful captivity successful the UK.

A subordinate of the trust, penning connected reappraisal tract Tripadvisor, said the sanctuary had been successful beingness since 1977, and described however it operated.

She posted: "Most of the cats present I've known since they were born, and they are each existent characters.

"Some of the cats are successful captive breeding programmes arsenic truthful galore are connected the endangered database and they spell to different zoos connected loan.

"The cats beryllium to the Trust and nary are ever sold; they spell connected indebtedness to different facilities for breeding past instrumentality a fewer months later. 

"There is an awesome enactment of tiny cats specified arsenic The aureate cat, the sportfishing cat, the Asian leopard cat, caracals, servals, and lynx too.

"Some of the cats determination are confiscations from radical who person kept them and not had a unsafe chaotic carnal licence, truthful connected seizure by section authorities etc they travel to the spot to live.

It added: "The Trust is Terry's life's work, and helium is truthful dedicated, waking astatine 5am regular to get retired determination provender cleanable the cats, bash thing needing doing, with the others past doing his paperwork successful afternoons.

"He gets precise small remainder but is ever cheerful and accommodating and has projects successful antithetic parts of the satellite with merchandise programmes."

Moore antecedently claimed to ain a 10,000 acre reserve successful Argentina packed with 40 cats - portion of a program helium boasted to pals would “save the world”.

A spokesperson for Hertfordshire Constabulary said: “Police were called to Codicote Road, Welwyn, astatine 4.04pm connected Tuesday 5 November, pursuing reports of a aesculapian emergency.

“Officers attended the country alongside colleagues from the ambulance service.

“The incidental progressive a antheral and a large feline that is caged connected site.

"The man, successful his 70s, was transported to infirmary via aerial ambulance with superior injuries and has received specializer treatment. He remains successful a unchangeable condition.

“The country was rapidly contained and determination is nary wider menace to the public.

“A spokesperson from East Anglian Air Ambulance, said: “Anglia Two, our Cambridge-based helicopter, was tasked to Welwyn to assistance the East of England Ambulance Service Trust with a antheral successful his seventies who suffered an accidental injury.

“Doctor Ewan and Critical Care Paramedics Andy and Rob provided precocious captious attraction astatine scene, administered symptom alleviation and splinted the man’s injuries.

"He was flown to Addenbrooke’s Hospital for further attraction and treatment."