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Picture dated 28 October 2002 shows Roy Horn posing with two new tiger cubs at the Mirage in Las Vegas. Roy was badly mauled by a tiger during a stage show in Las Vegas, the U.S. news channel CNN reported Saturday 04 October 2003. According to the report, the 59-year-old German was bitten in the neck by the tiger and dragged off stage during a Friday evening show. Horn, who was said to have lost a lot of blood, was immediately taken to hospital where he was operated on. (KEYSTONE/EPA/JOHN LOCHER)