Exotic Animal Incident Report

Reported: Dec 05, 2004
Location: Laredo, Texas

Animal: Bengal Tiger
Animal Disposition: unknown

Facility Type: Circus
Facility Name: Great Circus of China

Category: Attack resulting in human injury
Species: Big Cat

Summary: A Bengal tiger with the Great Circus of China bit and mangled a circus worker’s hand after the worker got too close to the tiger’s cage. The woman was rushed to the hospital and recovered.

Source: WISTV-10