Exotic Incident #1978
Incident Date:
07/11/2013
Location:
Houston, TX - USA
Facility Name:
Ringling Brothers and Barnum & Bailey Circus
Facility Type:
Circus (C)
Incident Category:
Escape/Attack resulting in human injury (HI)
Species:
Big Cats
Animal:
Tiger
Animal disposition:
Summary:
A Ringling Bros. and Barnum and Bailey tiger trainer was injured during a show. Although circus officials claimed the injury had nothing to do with the animals, eye-witness accounts suggested otherwise.
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