An audience of children and parents watched in horror as a circus performance turned into a bloody spectacle when a brutal fight broke out between two female tigers.
The performance at Kislovodsk State Circus in Russia had to be halted as trainers with poles made attempts to intervene in the battle by throwing props at the tigers and trying to separate them.
Disturbing footage of the incident showed the moment a tigress named Eru was attacked by a nine-year-old white tigress named Gina.
