] Roy Horn, half of the Las Vegas duo Siegfried & Roy, was ] able to move his hands, feet, and give a "thumbs-up" ] signal Monday, hospital officials said, three days after ] being mauled by one of his tigers during a show. ] ] University Medical Center officials said 59-year-old Horn ] was still in critical condition. ] ] He suffered massive blood loss in the incident, the ] officials said, and also had a stroke after the mauling. ] ] The accident happened Friday night about halfway through ] Siegfried & Roy's show at the MGM Mirage Hotel and Casino ] on the Las Vegas strip. ] ] Denise Previti, who was watching the show as part of her ] honeymoon trip, said Horn introduced a 7-year-old white ] tiger named Montecore to the audience, and then let go of ] the animal's leash. ] ] The tiger started to head offstage, Previti told CNN's ] Anderson Cooper, and Horn tried to direct it back to ] center stage. ] ] "You could tell it didn't want to go, so he had the ] leash, he was trying to get it to sit and face the ] audience, and he had his arm out in front of him," she ] said. ] ] "The tiger bit his arm, [and] he's hitting the nose of ] [the] tiger with the microphone, trying to get it off," ] she said. "After that it's kind of a blur, but it seemed ] like he almost sat down or leaned back gradually, and ] then the tiger bit his neck it IS true - you can NEVER trust a "domesticated" wild cat. These guys have LIVED with these big cats for 30 years like they are house pets. If Siegfried and Roy cant tame them, they cannot be tamed! |