OK, I joked about this earlier...
Oct. 9th, 2003 10:54 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
grinninfooleBut I have to say that I was touched to read the magician Siegfried Fishbacher's comments on the tiger that attacked his partner, Roy. It seems the tiger was trying to be a good kittie. This is just what happens when a 400 lb cat misunderstands the situation.
"He told CNN's Larry King: "I just saw that the tiger grabbed him on the sleeve... and Roy said, 'let go', and the tiger let go and Roy bent back and he slipped. "The tiger [grabbed] Roy in the neck and he pulled him back on stage."
He said the tiger, named Montecore, sensed danger when Fischbacher and a trainer rushed to help Horn "so he took Roy and put him backstage behind the curtain... to protect him and then he let Roy go."
Fischbacher said the tiger would not be put down despite the devastating injuries inflicted on his partner.
"It is Roy's wish that no-one hurts him. He will remain part of our family," he said.
"If Montecore had wanted to kill him, he would have shaken his head and it would have all been over.
"The tiger did nothing wrong. He's still part of the family."
(From BBC story: http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment/3176986.stm)
"He told CNN's Larry King: "I just saw that the tiger grabbed him on the sleeve... and Roy said, 'let go', and the tiger let go and Roy bent back and he slipped. "The tiger [grabbed] Roy in the neck and he pulled him back on stage."
He said the tiger, named Montecore, sensed danger when Fischbacher and a trainer rushed to help Horn "so he took Roy and put him backstage behind the curtain... to protect him and then he let Roy go."
Fischbacher said the tiger would not be put down despite the devastating injuries inflicted on his partner.
"It is Roy's wish that no-one hurts him. He will remain part of our family," he said.
"If Montecore had wanted to kill him, he would have shaken his head and it would have all been over.
"The tiger did nothing wrong. He's still part of the family."
(From BBC story: http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment/3176986.stm)
