Show Siegfried Roy and the Tiger A Love Triangle J. J Snow Staff Writer How would you celebrate your birthday Maybe a little cake Some sinful indulgence How about being attacked by a tiger Probably not But that's how Roy Horn spent his Birthday on Friday October 3rd Roy Horn the second hand man in the spectacular spectacular spectacular spec spec- Las Vegas illusion show Siegfried and Roy was attacked at the throat by one of their precious white tigers after Roy had beat it on the nose with a microphone when the rookie performer wasn't performing performing performing per per- forming up to par Okay When I first heard about the incident I admit I laughed and atomically thought of Fabio's run-in run with the goose It just has that ha ha factor But seriously it probably shouldn't be treated as a ha ha story Siegfried lost his little buddy Then again at the same time can you blame the tiger HECK pardon my Utahn NO You cant can't blame the tiger in hi this situation sorry Siegfried but Roy carries carves a lot of the blame There are a lot of factors in this story that just dont don't sit well regardless of whether you are a regular spectator or an avid member of PETA No wild animal in their right mind would want to be caged up in captivity where their whole purpose of existence is eat sleep make people happy poop and repeat I dont don't care about the circumstances circumstances circumstances circum circum- stances I dont don't care if the tiger only receives mineral bottled water and filet minion Or that I his happy little cage is cushioned with the finest imported goose filled pillows in Europe Animals are animals Tigers are tigers not house cats Before we cast a stone at the tiger for attacking lets just visualize visualize visualize alize ourselves in the positioning of the tiger Wouldn't you attack a middle aged man with funny hair who makes you do ridiculous ridiculous ridiculous lous tasks in front of thousands of people I would Then again it almost makes you wonder why Mike Tyson hasn't done it to Don King My point people is this stop the shows Let the tigers be tigers Im I'm not saying let them free tree into the wild but give them thema a nice reservation to live in give them a real tiger life My regards to Roy I do hope you recover O |