One of the world's most renowned tiger tamers tragically perished on Thursday in Italy as his four trained predators mauled him to death during a rehearsal to a show that was to take place later that evening in Italy's Circo Orfei circus.
The tamer, sixty-one-year-old Ettore Weber, was knocked down by one of the cats while the others jumped on him and started to rip him apart.
According to local media, the tigers continued to 'play' with the dead body for another thirty minutes as Weber's colleagues and the medical workers that arrived at the scene were unable to drive the animals away.
The medics stated that the tamer sustained fatal injuries, including severe trauma to the spine.
Police have launched an investigation into the incident. The fate of the tigers following their master's demise remains unclear.
