Biggest Loser Attacks Vegas Trainer

Published by PETA Staff.
< 1 min read

The biggest losers in Las Vegas are the animals who are used as entertainment props, such as the lions at the MGM Grand Hotel & Casino—one of whom recently snapped and attacked a trainer. The event was caught on video. Just two years ago, another trainer was attacked by a lion in the display, and everyone remembers the attack involving Siegfried and Roy, who tried to disguise the incident by saying that the big cat was protecting the man who was dominating him—right, by grabbing him by the throat. These stressed, would-be-wild animals are ticking time bombs.

We have appealed to MGM management to do away with this old-fashioned display. Living in a casino and being forced into close contact with hoards of tourists is no life at all for wild animals. Lions are meant to roam freely across vast territories, exploring, playing with their cubs, and ruling the jungle.

 

Guido Appenzeller / CC by 2.0
lions in Serengeti

 

Please tell the MGM management that you’ll be spending your Vegas money elsewhere until the lion display is gone for good.

Written by Jennifer O’Connor

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