Release of Siegfried & Roy tiger attack video debated

LAS VEGAS -- The company that produced the Siegfried & Roy magic show said Wednesday that it won't give federal investigators a video of the tiger attack on illusionist Roy Horn because it's protecting the performer's privacy.\nFeld Entertainment Inc. said it's offered on several occasions to show footage of the October attack to the U.S. Department of Agriculture but the agency has not accepted the invitation.\n"Feld Entertainment is cooperating with the USDA and will continue to provide the agency with the necessary information to complete its pending investigation, while also protecting Roy Horn and his family's privacy," the Vienna, Va.-based company said in a written statement.\nAgriculture Department spokesman Jim Rogers declined to comment Wednesday, after confirming Tuesday that the agency is investigating possible violations of the Animal Welfare Act.\nOn Tuesday, a USDA source familiar with the investigation told the AP that Feld refused to surrender the footage despite federal authorities issuing two subpoenas. The source, speaking on the condition of anonymity, said the USDA would pursue other legal avenues.\nHorn was mauled by a 300-pound tiger during a performance at a Las Vegas Strip hotel. The tiger bit Horn in the neck and dragged him off stage. One of the show's employees was able to break the animal's grip by hitting it with a fire extinguisher.\nHorn, 59, survived the attack but suffered a stroke that left him partially paralyzed, and his long-running show with Siegfried Fischbacher closed.\nFeld Entertainment said it "believed the footage of Roy Horn's accident would quickly end up in the hands of media who would then sensationalize this horrible tragedy."\nThe company also said the magicians wanted to "avoid images of this tragic accident being accessible to children and families all around the world"