Joe Canuck wrote:
kaeli wrote:

I'm pretty sure most of you have heard of Siegfried & Roy and their
tigers. In case you haven't heard, one of the tigers finally mauled
their "trainer" Roy.
(BTW, I am very against "training" wild animals to perform for human
amusement)

So, from the "take a lesson" department - the reason the tiger almost
killed Roy...

From: http://www.suntimes.com/output/news/cst-nws-roy06.html

Quote:

Horn told the tiger to lie down. When it refused, Horn tapped the cat on the nose with a microphone to get its attention. The animal grabbed at Horn's arm, causing the entertainer to stumble. The tiger then lunged at Horn, who tried to beat the animal away with the microphone. Audience members said the tiger dragged Horn off the stage by the neck. The attack barely missed severing Horn's carotid artery.

So, he irritates a 500 pound animal to get its attention, tries to
force it to do something it doesn't want to do, then when it gets
****y, tries to get it to let go by beating it.
I'd say it didn't work too well.

When will people learn that eventually, the wild animal is going to
decide it doesn't like being made to do something and decide it really
is bigger than you? There is no such thing as a "tame" wild animal. If
there were, we'd call them domesticated.
*sigh*

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The tiger is probably more than a little frustrated at being caged up
all the time and being "encouraged" to perform tricks on command.

This is NO domestic kitty!

And they'll probably kill the poor tiger because he's now "dangerous"!