Circus Tiger Kills Its Trainer During Fundraising Event

Submitted by Freund Freund on Thu, 01/31/2013 - 12:11pm
Incident date: 
Fri, 05/09/1997
Date reported: 
Fri, 05/09/1997
Date Published: 
Fri, 05/09/1997 (All day)
City: 
Pittsburgh
State: 
Pennsylvania
Category: 
Human Death
Headline: 
Circus Tiger Kills Its Trainer During Fundraising Event
Summary: 

Three hundred attendees watched a circus tiger maul and kill its trainer.  More than half of the crowd was children and emergency counseling services were arranged.

Publication: 
Chicago Tribune
Link: 
Circus Tiger Kills Its Trainer During Fundraising Event
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