PETA Adds Insult to Roy's Injury

You knew it was going to happen ...

PETA just couldn't resist.

Forget the horrific injuries Roy Horn of Siegfried & Roy sustained when he was mauled this past weekend ...

[A 7-year-old male white Bengal tiger named Montecore missed the food Roy was proffering, and bit Roy's hand, whereupon Roy fell down, and the Tiger attacked him, which a tiger will do if you are in that position. Roy then hit him on the nose with the microphone to get the tiger off of him. Reports had said that Roy tapped Montecore on the nose after the tiger had disobeyed a "sit" command. The audience thought it was all part of the show.]

And forget the fact that Roy was in the critical care unit at the hospital at the time ...

People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals went ahead and faxed a letter to Horn's hospital bed, urging Siegfried and Roy to retire their animals and build a sanctuary for them.

PETA Vice President Dan Mathews wrote: "The only natural thing that happened on that stage was that this majestic animal lashed out against a captor who was beating him with a microphone because he wouldn't do a trick.

"No matter how much you say that you love the wild animals whom you have confined continents away from their natural homes, you are still the men who have subjugated their wills and natures to further your own careers.

"Perhaps Friday's frightening incident will make you realize that a brightly lit stage with pounding music and a screaming audience is not the natural habitat for tigers, lions, or any other exotic animals."

What are these people thinking? Faxing a letter to Roy’s bedside while he’s in a life-and-death situation? Granted, tigers are wild animals, anything can happen, and Roy certainly knew the risks, but he still deserves his privacy and our sympathy. PETA simply has no shame.

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