The incident took place on December 11 at a private circus in the town of Hoa De, Shanxi province (China). Video recorded by the audience showed the entire incident, according to the report. Daily mail.
In the tiger’s cage, the trainer tells the tiger to do the circus, next to him there are several support partners. The crowd of onlookers stood outside the barn and watched.
However, the tiger suddenly lost control, slowly walked towards the trainer, and then suddenly dropped him to the ground. Three colleagues immediately rushed to rescue. They use sticks to chase tigers.
Many onlookers screamed in horror upon witnessing the incident. Hurry, save him! Hit the tiger! Beat him! ”A woman yelled.
Fortunately, however, the animal trainer suffered minor injuries. They took him to the hospital for a checkup and his health was fine. Authorities said the tiger’s teeth and claws were cut off to prevent it from harming humans.
“The tiger has no teeth because it is a trained animal. Today, the keeper did not feed the animal enough, so he put the trainer on the ground, “said the police representative.
The incident caused outrage on social media when animal lovers asked local authorities to cancel the circus shows.
“What is the highlight of this show? They hit the tiger with a stick, the animal’s reaction shows that it is not the first time they hit it, ”wrote a user of the Weibo social network.
Before that, in October 2020, a 200 kg black bear attacked the trainer at a circus show in Henan province, China. The bear loses control when the trainer prevents him from eating the food thrown at him by the public, according to Daily mail.
