Video : Tiger trainer mauled to death by tiger in front of terrified parents and children { Viewer Discretion is Advised }

A video shows a Bengal tiger attacking and killing its trainer during a circus performance in Mexico.

The footage shows the trainer, American Alexander Crispin, 35, performing in the ring with two tigers during a show for Circo Suarez in Sonora State.


As the trainer circles the animals, one of them suddenly lunges at him and brings him down.The video shows the tiger as it pounces on the trainer inflicting fatal wounds with its claws and jaws while horrified spectators watched helplessly. According to the Mexican news agency Notimex, Crispin suffered neck injuries from bites and scratches.

A spectator at the circus filmed the tiger attacking its trainer during a performance at the Circus Suarez in the city of Hermosillo, Mexico on Saturday.

Crispin was rushed to the Red Cross hospital Huatabampo, Sonora where he died, reportedly after suffering from hypovolemic shock.

The video shows horrified spectators running out of the tent while two circus employees attempt to rescue Crispin from the tiger that held him to the ground. The Daily Mail reports that rescuers presumably killed the tiger in the attempt to free Crispin and save his life.

The circus workers attacked the tiger, beating it repeatedly and possibly killing it.

According to the Daily Mail, the Mexican authorities summoned Valente Malon, the owner of the circus, to testify at the Public Ministry in Etchojoa where the circus performed at the Plaza Indigena.


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