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Roy Horn, of the illusionist team of Siegfried & Roy, kisses a six-week-old white-striped tiger cub at his Las Vegas home Thursday, June 12, 2008. The pair are welcoming five new tiger cubs to their exotic habitat on the Las Vegas Strip. Fischbacher said Thursday that working with the tigers is the perfect rehabilitation for Horn, who was critically injured when he was mauled by a 380-pound white Bengal tiger onstage in 2003. (AP Photo/Louie Traub) LAS VEGAS — Siegfried and Roy might want to move the good furniture into storage for a while. The famed illusionists welcomed five...

LAS VEGAS - An animal-rights group has filed a federal lawsuit accusing the U.S. Department of Agriculture of improperly withholding information gathered during its investigation into the near-fatal tiger attack on illusionist Roy Horn. People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals is challenging the USDA's decision to withhold affidavits of the agency's employees and witnesses collected while it investigated alleged violations of the Animal Welfare Act and other laws. The USDA said disclosing the affidavits would violate the witnesses' privacy, according to the complaint, which was filed Wednesday in Washington, D.C. PETA contends the public interest in the use and...

LAS VEGAS - Roy Horn says "the magic is back." But two years after he was nearly killed by a tiger on stage, the magic is about walking short distances, not making elephants disappear. "I meditate a lot, but I am constantly in pain," Horn, of the famed duo "Siegfried & Roy," told the Las Vegas Sun. "I'm trying to live with this." Monday is the second anniversary of the attack; It's also his 61st birthday. Horn can now walk unaided for short distances, and the grip of his right hand is noticeably firm. But signs of the attack remain:...

LAS VEGAS - Illusionist Roy Horn made a slow, unassisted stroll into a Las Vegas theater, taking another step in his recovery from a near-fatal tiger mauling 23 months ago. Horn "methodically" walked about 100 yards into the Thursday evening performance of "Avenue Q" at the Wynn Las Vegas resort, said Bernie Yuman, longtime manager of the "Siegfried & Roy" show. Horn, 60, has been walking without the aid of a rolling walker after months of six- to eight-hour days in physical rehabilitation, Yuman said. His injuries included a damaged neck artery and a crushed windpipe. Horn has made other...

LAS VEGAS - Illusionist Roy Horn has checked into a German rehabilitation facility, 18 months after a near-fatal tiger mauling during a performance left him partially paralyzed. “Siegfried and I are thrilled to return to our home country and excited with the programs set forth by the great doctors and staff at the world-class Leonardis Clinic,” Horn said in a statement Friday. ... Horn has said he fainted during the performance and the tiger was trying to help him. Animal experts have disputed that theory.

LAS VEGAS - The tiger-was-hungry theory was ruled out. And there was no proof that the animal was deliberately provoked by someone in the audience, .... But federal investigators still do not know what led a Bengal tiger to attack illusionist Roy Horn of Siegfried & Roy during a performance nearly two years ago.

LAS VEGAS - Illusionist Roy Horn has checked into a German rehabilitation facility, 18 months after a near-fatal tiger mauling during a performance left him partially paralyzed. ADVERTISEMENT "Siegfried and I are thrilled to return to our home country and excited with the programs set forth by the great doctors and staff at the world-class Leonardis Clinic," Horn said in a statement Friday. "The support we have received from our fans in Germany has been overwhelming and continues to inspire me daily." No details of the 60-year-old Horn's condition or treatment were released. The rehabilitation facility is in Bad Hellibrun....

Ex-NFL Player Saw Siegfried, Roy As Threat LAS VEGAS - A former pro football player accused of shooting at the compound of Siegfried & Roy wanted to "warn the world" of the threat posed by the illusionists, according to a psychiatric report. The evaluation was performed by psychiatrist Norton Roitman after Cole Ford was charged with firing several shotgun blasts at the Las Vegas home of entertainers Siegfried Fischbacher and Roy Horn. Ford, 32, a former kicker for the Oakland Raiders, has been ruled incompetent to stand trial and sent to a mental health facility for treatment. Ford maintained he...

A former place-kicker for the Oakland Raiders is being sought in a drive-by shooting last month at the home of entertainers Siegfried Fischbacher and Roy Horn, police said Wednesday. Cole Murdoch Ford, 31, whose three-year NFL career ended after several crucial missed kicks during the 1997 season, was named in a felony warrant stemming from the Sept. 21 shooting, Sgt. Chris Jones said. "I can confirm this individual was at one time a kicker for the Oakland Raiders," Jones said. "We have not found him."

Siegfried & Roy in hate crimeFrom correspondents in Las Vegas October 5, 2004A GUNMAN opened fire on the Las Vegas home of illusionists Siegfried Fischbacher and Roy Horn, shouting the duo should get out of the country, police said today, labelling the incident a hate crime. No one was hurt in the September 21 drive-by shooting, during which a witness said a man fired four shots from a white van. The attack broke two windows and left a 30cm hole in he stars' home northwest of the famous Strip, said Las Vegas Police Officer Jose Montoya. It was not known...

Roy Horn of the flashy magic act Siegfried and Roy says the tiger that bit him and dragged him across the stage did not attack him. People magazine's Michael Fleeman, one of the few journalists to interview Roy, tells The Early Showco-anchor Julie Chen: "It's unsettling to listen to him. He said the tiger saved him. Roy has this theory that he was suffering a stroke, some kind of an attack on stage right before, that he tumbled and this spooked or somehow confused the tiger and the tiger just dragged him off the stage, according to script. They went...

LAS VEGAS -- Roy Horn has never spoken publicly about being mauled nearly fatally by a 380-pound white tiger named Montecore. So when NBC airs the special "Siegfried & Roy: The Miracle" at 8 p.m. Wednesday (WTHR, ), viewers will hear Horn for the first time and see his battle to regain his motor skills after the attack and subsequent stroke left him in a wheelchair.

Nearly a year after being mauled by a tiger, illusionist Roy Horn of "Siegfried & Roy" was evaluated at a hospital that specializes in spinal cord and traumatic brain injury rehabilitation. Dave Kirvin, a spokesman for Horn, declined to comment on how long Horn was expected to stay or what treatment he was receiving. Horn arrived at Craig Hospital earlier this week and was being evaluated Thursday. Horn was able to walk again in March, five months after being mauled by a 300-pound white tiger in Las Vegas. The tiger attacked him during a sold-out performance at The Mirage hotel-casino....

MORE pain for tiger-mauled Roy Horn: He's devastated that a troupe of 53 Cuban musicians and dancers he and partner Siegfried Fischbacher hoped to bring to the Stardust Casino in Las Vegas next month have been refused visas by dictator Fidel Castro. Horn first saw the show, "Havana Nightclub," last September, before the on-stage attack that nearly killed him and closed his long-running show at the Mirage. The Cuban show has since become one of his highest priorities, according to producer Nicole Durr. "We are still hopeful and confident the show will go on," says Durr, who is challenging the...

Mauled magician says tiger was trying to save him The magician left fighting for his life after being dragged off by a tiger during his stage show in Las Vegas, has said the animal was trying to take him to safety. Roy Horn, one part of the famous Siegfried and Roy duo, was mauled by the tiger in front of a full house at The Mirage hotel-casino. He has only now recovered the use of his voice and been able to explain the incident. The 59-year-old said he remembered blacking out and falling towards the tiger during the show in...

BERLIN — Five months after he was mauled by a tiger, illusionist Roy Horn of “Siegfried & Roy” (Website) was able to walk again with the help of a wheeled walking aid, a spokeswoman for the duo said Tuesday. Horn, 59, managed to walk 558 paces last week with the assistance of the device, spokeswoman Claudia Dressler said from Munich, adding that he has “strong willpower” and is training intensively. Horn was mauled by a 300-pound white tiger on Oct. 3, during his stage act in Las Vegas. The tiger attacked Horn during a sold-out performance at The Mirage hotel-casino....

LOS ANGELES (AFP) - Illusionist Roy Horn, half of the famed "Siegfried and Roy" entertainment duo, was recovering at his Las Vegas home, two months after being mauled by a tiger, his spokesman said. The German-born entertainer, famous for his daring shows starring wild animals, was bitten in the throat by a rare white Bengal tiger during the duo's 13-year-old show at Las Vegas's MGM Mirage Hotel on October 3. Spokesman Dave Kirvin said Horn, 59, returned Monday to his sumptuous estate in the desert gambling hub from a Los Angeles hospital, where he was transferred shortly after the attack....

Animal trainer and illusionist Roy Horn was recovering Tuesday at his home in Las Vegas, Nevada, his manager said. Part of the famous duo Siegfried & Roy, Horn had been hospitalized for more than two months after he was mauled on stage by a tiger during a show with his partner Siegfried Fischbacher. Horn, 59, almost died after a male white tiger grabbed him by the neck and dragged him off stage during a performance at the Las Vegas Mirage resort on October 3. He was moved to the University of California, Los Angeles hospital two months ago, manager Bernie...

Just hours after Roy Horn was mauled by one of his tigers, doctors reportedly removed a portion of the Las Vegas illusionist's skull. Recent reports note that the fragment was implanted in a pouch in Horn's abdomen. Why place a piece of skull in someone's stomach? So it can be returned to the patient's head when the moment is right.