Magician mauling: Tiger was going in for kill, say experts

Animal experts have said the mauling of Siegfried & Roy illusionist Roy Horn by a 42-stone tiger was no accident, claiming the animal was going for the jugular.

Magician mauling: Tiger was going in for kill, say experts

Animal experts have said the mauling of Siegfried & Roy illusionist Roy Horn by a 42-stone tiger was no accident, claiming the animal was going for the jugular.

“The cat wasn’t trying to protect him,” said Jonathan Kraft, who runs Arizona-based non-profit group Keepers of the Wild. “That was a typical killing bite.

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