Circus horror as three-year-old is sent 8 metres above tiger pit at Chinese zoo

mirror.co.uk ^ | 01/04/2010 | Matt Blake

[fuzzybutt]

Spectators screamed in horror as a three-year- old circus girl tottered 130 metres along a tightrope above an enclosure full of hungry tigers.

The six Siberian big cats eyed little Zhang Xiaoyan with anticipation as, buffeted by strong winds, she made her perilous journey with no safety net.

Visitors criticised the crazy stunt which began when the wire was strung eight metres above the pen at Changzhou Yancheng Zoo, eastern China.

[fuzzybutt]

This story is from back in Jan. but the picture is chilling to say the least.

Kitty wants to play too!

[afraidfortherepublic]

Oh, well. She’s a girl, and we know how much the Chinese value little girls! sarc/off

[Chode]

the only three year olds in that picture, must be the tigers

[counterpunch]

Another story about China’s one-child policy.

[FReepaholic]

Photo from the link. Where's the 3yo?

[Vinnie]

Where's the 3yo?

See the fat belly on the tiger to the right?

[fuzzybutt]

http://web.orange.co.uk/article/quirkies/Girl_3_walks_wire_above_tigers

http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage/news/2915839/Now-thats-a-real-tiger-feat.html#ixzz0jnq1pXdt

Both sites have pics of the girl. I personally thought the Tiger pics to be much better though.

[hosepipe]

How bout that.........
Never knew Tigers loved Chinese food...

[mrs. a]

They will be hungry again in a hour.

(sorry, couldn’t resist...)

[ExpatCanuck]

Never knew Tigers loved Chinese food...

Yeah, but an hour later they'll be hungry again and want to eat a clown or a juggler.

[Zakeet]

[Max in Utah]

Yeah, but an hour later they'll be hungry again and want to eat a clown...

"Does this taste funny to you?"

[Anitius Severinus Boethius]

Yeah, but an hour later they'll be hungry again and want to eat a clown or a juggler.

Tigers don't eat clowns. They taste funny.

[RichInOC]

And they spit the jugglers’ balls out.

[LittleBillyInfidel]

Well, the good news is, she survived and is now eligible to represent her country at the Olympics in a few years.

[chainsaw]

Chgina has so many people one less won’t be missed.

[GeronL]

Someone thought that was a good idea.

Wow.

[culpeper]

^&*%ing savages.

[ansel12]

[DrC]

“Someone thought that was a good idea.”

This is a win-win situation in a country that does not exactly hold women in high esteem. If she makes the walk, the crowd is wowed and in roll the big bucks and companion taxes. If she falls off, no big loss: one less female mouth to feed. In a society with literally tens of millions of “missing girls” [http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/5953508] what’s the loss of one more?