{"id":321772,"date":"2026-04-20T17:31:55","date_gmt":"2026-04-20T12:01:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ebiztoday.news\/?p=321772"},"modified":"2026-04-20T17:31:56","modified_gmt":"2026-04-20T12:01:56","slug":"families-panic-after-tiger-escapes-circus-ring-and-prowls-through-audience-news-world","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ebiztoday.news\/index.php\/2026\/04\/20\/families-panic-after-tiger-escapes-circus-ring-and-prowls-through-audience-news-world\/","title":{"rendered":"Families panic after tiger escapes circus ring and prowls through audience | News World"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<div class=\"video-player\">\n<div class=\"video-player\">\n<div class=\"metro-video-player  \" data-track-module=\"article_video-player-with-related-carousel\">\n<div class=\"vjs-video-container vjs-fixed vjs-responsive\">\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t<video id=\"3638305\" class=\"video-js\" poster=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2026\/04\/20\/11\/108017503-0-image-a-67_1776679908398.jpg\" data-opts=\"{\" autoplay=\"\" prowls=\"\" through=\"\" aisles=\"\" of=\"\" scared=\"\" stiff=\"\" families=\"\" after=\"\" circus=\"\" safety=\"\" netting=\"\" collapses=\"\" were=\"\" quickly=\"\" escorted=\"\" out=\"\" the=\"\" venue=\"\" following=\"\" incident=\"\" in=\"\" city=\"\" rostov-on-don=\"\" southern=\"\" russia=\"\" on=\"\" april=\"\" injuries=\"\" reported.=\"\" preload=\"metadata\" playsinline=\"\"><source src=\"https:\/\/videos.metro.co.uk\/video\/met\/2026\/04\/20\/3170371524520490428\/480x270_MP4_3170371524520490428.mp4\" type=\"video\/mp4\"><\/source><\/p>\n<p class=\"vjs-no-js\">To view this video please enable JavaScript, and consider upgrading to an internet<br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tbrowser that<br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/videojs.com\/html5-video-support\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">supports HTML5<br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tvideo<\/a><\/p><\/video>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>A tiger leapt from a circus arena into the gang after a protective barrier suddenly collapsed in Russia this week.<\/p>\n<p>The footage was filmed inside a circus in the town of Rostov-on-Don, in southern Russia, on April 19.<\/p>\n<p>Three tigers and two trainers were contained in the circus ring when the web suspended above the world fell down, spooking the animals.<\/p>\n<p>The tigers were seen darting across the enclosure before one in every of them jumped over the barrier and moved into the seating area.<\/p>\n<p>Audience members visibly reacted in alarm, with some parents shielding their children because the animal approached the rows of seats.<\/p>\n<p>Trainers were heard shouting instructions to the gang to stay calm and sit down because the situation unfolded.<\/p>\n<div class=\"factbox\" data-ico=\"factbox_article\" data-track-module=\"factbox_article\">\n<h2 class=\"factbox-title\">\n\t\t\t\tEnroll for all of the newest stories\t\t\t<\/h2>\n<div class=\"factbox-content\">\n<p>Start your day informed with Metro&#8217;s <strong>News Updates<\/strong> newsletter or get <strong>Breaking News <\/strong>alerts the moment it happens. <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<figure class=\"img-container shareable-item wp-caption\">\n<div class=\"img-wrap\">\n\t\t\t<\/div><figcaption>After the web collapsed, things escalated quickly (Picture: east2west)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Spectators \u2013 a lot of them young children with their families \u2013 were quickly escorted out of the venue following the incident.<\/p>\n<p>Local media stated that no injuries were reported.<\/p>\n<p>After the chaos, the tiger ran out of the circus tent and into a close-by street, before regional police captured it and returned it to its enclosure.<\/p>\n<p>Authorities said they&#8217;re conducting checks based on media reports, noting that no formal complaints had been received.<\/p>\n<p>A similarly terrifying incident happened in Rome when an escaped circus lion was captured after wandering through the town streets for hours.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"img-container shareable-item wp-caption\">\n<div class=\"img-wrap\">\n\t\t<img width=\"646\" height=\"363\" src=\"https:\/\/metro.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/SEI_293916883-8877.jpg?quality=90&#038;strip=all&#038;w=646\" class=\"article-image wp-image-28046588\" alt=\"In the Rostov circus, a tiger jumped out of the arena to the audience ? video April 19th, 2026 ?????????: https:\/\/eadaily.com\/en\/news\/2026\/04\/19\/in-the-rostov-circus-a-tiger-jumped-out-of-the-arena-to-the-audience-video\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\">\t<\/div><figcaption>Audience members shielded children because the tiger prowled around (Picture: east2west)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>It took authorities seven hours to capture the male big cat, named Kimba, who slipped out of the Rony Roller circus within the coastal town of Ladispoli.<\/p>\n<p>Kimba escaped an initial capture attempt after a rifle-fired sedative didn&#8217;t put him to sleep. Police and vets continued to trace the animal while he wandered amongst houses, but didn\u2019t get one other probability to sedate him all afternoon.<\/p>\n<p>Hours after issuing an announcement warning people to remain inside their homes, Ladispoli\u2019s mayor, Alessandro Grando, announced the world had been secured.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\"><strong><strong><strong>Get in contact with our news team by emailing us at webnews@metro.co.uk.<\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n<p class=\"\"><strong>For more stories like this, <\/strong><strong>check our news page<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"metro-more-link\"><svg><title>Arrow<\/title>\n<use xlink:href=\"#common-right-arrow\" href=\"#common-right-arrow\"><\/use><\/svg><span class=\"mor-link\" data-track-module=\"mor-link_article\">MORE: Safari park owner trampled to death by elephant in front of guided tour<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"metro-more-link\"><svg><title>Arrow<\/title>\n<use xlink:href=\"#common-right-arrow\" href=\"#common-right-arrow\"><\/use><\/svg><span class=\"mor-link\" data-track-module=\"mor-link_article\">MORE: Russian gunman kills not less than six people in Kyiv \u2018terror attack\u2019<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"metro-more-link\"><svg><title>Arrow<\/title>\n<use xlink:href=\"#common-right-arrow\" href=\"#common-right-arrow\"><\/use><\/svg><span class=\"mor-link\" data-track-module=\"mor-link_article\">MORE: Russia names 4 UK locations as targets and warns strikes could \u2018change into a reality\u2019<\/span><\/p>\n<section id=\"share-buttons-bottom\" class=\"share-buttons share-buttons-bottom\"><a class=\"metro-button share-bar-comments\" data-vars-position=\"bottom\" href=\"#metro-comments-container\"><br \/>\n\t\t\t<span><svg><title>Comment now<\/title>\n<use xlink:href=\"#social-comment\" href=\"#social-comment\"><\/use><\/svg><\/span><br \/>\n\t\t\t<span class=\"share-bar-comments__label\">Comments<\/span><br \/>\n\t\t<\/a><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t<span><svg><title>Add Metro as a Preferred Source on Google<\/title>\n<use xlink:href=\"#social-preferred-source\" href=\"#social-preferred-source\"><\/use><\/svg><\/span><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"share-bar-preferred-source__label\">Add as preferred source<\/span><br \/>\n\t\t\t<\/section>\n<div class=\"newsletter-end-card accent--news\">\n<div class=\"newsletter-end-card__inner\">\n<h4>News Updates<\/h4>\n<p>Stay on top of the headlines with day by day email updates.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>To view this video please enable JavaScript, and consider upgrading to an internet browser that supports HTML5 video A tiger leapt from a circus arena into the gang after a protective barrier suddenly collapsed in Russia this week. 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