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Article: Siegfried, Roy greet tiger cubs: ; Animals said to be good for Horn, who was attacked by tiger on stage in 2003
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- Charleston Daily Mail
- Article date:
- June 13, 2008
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LAS VEGAS - Siegfried and Roy might want to move the good
furniture into storage for a while. The famed illusionists welcomed
five new tiger cubs to their exotic habitat on the Las Vegas Strip
on Thursday, a move Siegfried Fischbacher said would be therapeutic
for Roy Horn, who was critically injured when he was mauled by a 380-
pound white Bengal tiger onstage in 2003.
"That gives him a reason to get up in the morning," Fischbacher
said.
Horn did not answer questions from reporters but played with the
small tigers, holding them for the cameras, kissing them and
nibbling on one's small ear. The playful, 15-pound, 6-week old cubs
were brought to Las Vegas three weeks ago to be part of the ...
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