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Additional Back-up <br />10.B.1. <br />6/22/2021 <br />c. The Public Safety and The Safety of Workers Are Put at Risk by Exhibiting Wild and Exotic <br />Animals in Traveling Circuses. <br />In addition to protecting animals, the Ordinance would also protect people, because public safety and <br />the safety of workers are put at risk by exhibiting wild and exotic animals in traveling circuses. In <br />2017, for instance, a Bengal tiger escaped during transport from Florida to Tennessee; the tiger <br />attacked a pet dog in a residential neighborhood; and police officers subsequently shot and killed the <br />tiger. In New York City, a 450 -pound tiger escaped from the New Cole Bros. Circus while being <br />transferred from one cage to another near the Forest Park bandshell in Queens, injuring drivers who <br />had encountered the animal. In 2017, a tiger got spooked during a circus in Florida and a fearful <br />audience "started stampeding." In 2013, a tiger escaped during a performance and an audience <br />member encountered the tiger in the venue's public restroom. In 2020, a tiger attached a worker at <br />Big Cat Rescue in Tampa, resulting in a worker almost severing her arm. <br />