Siegfried & Roy tiger incident at The Mirage

On October 3, 2003, magician and performer Roy Horn was severely injured onstage at The Mirage when a white tiger named Montecore attacked him during a Siegfried & Roy performance. The incident ended the duo's long-running show and received extensive national and international coverage, and it prompted discussions about animal acts in Las Vegas entertainment. The Mirage, where the incident occurred, opened in 1989 and the event remains one of the city's most widely recalled modern-era performance incidents.