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Show Trainer Bitten by Lion Returns to Take Bow DECATUR, GA. Ernest En- ger, 57-year-old animal trainer of Springfield Gardens, N. Y., : suffered severe bites on the hips and legs when attacked by a lion during a performance of the 1 Hippodrome Thrill circus. Enger, who lost an arm when ! attacked by a lion several years ago, received emergency treatment treat-ment at a hospital and returned I to the circus to take his bow. The trainer was attacked immediately im-mediately after entering the i cage and was knocked to the i floor when the. lion sprang at him. Circus attendants, armed ! with heavy poles, beat the lion off while others entered the cage i and carried Enger out. I |