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Misha · Post by **Misha** » Tue Oct 07, 2003 2:32 am

For all of you that somehow escaped not knowing, Roy of Siegfried and Roy was taken off stage by one of his cats....he is in the hospital in critical condition. Staff was let go, told to go find other jobs, that this one was off indefinetly. Penn standing outside gave soundbite something about it being in the doctor's hands now...

Roy did manage to communicate before he went that they shouldn't kill the cat.

Apparently cat grabbed him around the neck and took him off......

Nothing about a vicious attack so far, just ended up being bad, because cat is huge...

Misha · Post by **Misha** » Tue Oct 07, 2003 3:10 am

Cnn.com states that he can move hands and feet, gave thumbs up.

Cat tried to go offstage, Roy tried to get him back, cat bit arm, then went to neck, Roy hitting it on nose with mic. Backstage crew sprayed it with fire extinguisher, cat in jail--cat jail anyway at hotel--until they know what happens to Roy.

Roy also had stroke during or after accident.

Put cat somewhere comfortable, he's hung up his show business hat...

Copenhagen Fan · Post by **Copenhagen Fan** » Tue Oct 07, 2003 3:31 am

I guess that happens once in awhile when you exploit wild animals in order to make money.........good for that Tiger!

bambooneedle · Post by **bambooneedle** » Tue Oct 07, 2003 3:53 am

I have absolutely no sympathy for bullfighters who get hurt. The whole thing is a pathetic disgrace. At least circus animals are not ritualistically killed by glorified posers.

Gillibeanz · Post by **Gillibeanz** » Tue Oct 07, 2003 4:18 am

Although this is horrible news it's all so unnecessary. Tigers are not meant to do tricks or perform - end of chat. Why people think seeing such a magnificent animal belittled in this way is entertainment is beyond me. I wont go to a circus. Even if the animals are not ill treated the conditions they have to live in are appalling - kept in small containers and dragged around the country - having to 'perform' 3 times a day the same boring shite over and over for years on end......

Bamboo im with you on bullfighting - the matador deserves everthing he gets and more. Can you believe the man gets paid to torture and kill an animal and then they have the nerve to call it sport???. I cant believe they put it on sky tv over here as entertainment!!!!

stormwarning · Post by **stormwarning** » Tue Oct 07, 2003 5:45 am

The nice thing about bullfighting is that, once in a blue moon, the bull gets to hit back. I wish we could see this happen in all blood sports. I wish for example, I could see a fox doubling back to leap and rip out the throat of the huntsmaster. Sadly it won't happen.

Copenhagen Fan · Post by **Copenhagen Fan** » Tue Oct 07, 2003 5:50 am

I must admit I like the justice of a hamster savagely biting Richard Gere.

laughingcrow · Post by **laughingcrow** » Tue Oct 07, 2003 8:42 am

Serves him right...I went to Vegas and had a look at their 'zoo'...what a joke! The shows apparently crap too (not that Id give them my money...this kind of 'entertainment' should be banned, it's akin to dancing bears.

Gillibeanz · Post by **Gillibeanz** » Tue Oct 07, 2003 9:58 am

Hamster and Gere show? Fill me in on this guys I havent heard of any of it?

A rope leash · Post by **A rope leash** » Tue Oct 07, 2003 10:09 am

Gilli -

From what I've heard, a hamster ran up Richard Gere's ass one day. I have no idea how something like this happens, but CopeFan might.

Yours truly,

A rope leash

laughingcrow · Post by **laughingcrow** » Tue Oct 07, 2003 7:19 pm

Did anyone hear about that guy who had a hamster up his arse for 'kicks' and his partner lit a match near the offending hole....needless to say both the hamster and hole were not fully operational after.

Armageddon.

LessThanZero · Post by **LessThanZero** » Tue Oct 07, 2003 7:52 pm

Copenhagen Fan wrote:I guess that happens once in awhile when you exploit wild animals in order to make money.........good for that Tiger!

Yes, Tigers have God-given rights to maul tiger-exploiters.

Mauling is cool.

noiseradio · Post by **noiseradio** » Wed Oct 08, 2003 10:11 am

The Richard Gere thing is a very old urban legend, and it's just not true. It's like Mikey from Life Cereal eating Pop ROcks and having his stomach explode. Never happened.

Go to http://www.snopes.com and do a search for Richard Gere. There are a lot of persistent rumors and urban legends that are debunked on that site.

Here's the link:

http://www.snopes.com/risque/homosex/gerbil.htm

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