Horn was forced to stop performing in 2003 when his white tiger Mantecore bit his neck and dragged him off the stage. The act incorporated more than 55 white tigers, white lions, leopards, jaguars and an elephant that appeared and disappeared. The Mirage hotel continues to host the Secret Garden of Siegfried & Roy animal attraction. Their lavish act at the Mirage started out in 1989 and ran for 14 years, selling out nightly in what was at the time the largest theater in Las Vegas. Siegfried and Roy started performing with tigers in Europe, and were discovered while performing in Paris, They started performing in Las Vegas in 1967 in revues such as “Hallelujah Hollywood” and “Lido de Paris.”
Siegfried said, “In magic, anything is possible,” though they were then reportedly fired from the ship. Horn asked Siegfried if he could make a cheetah disappear, not knowing that Horn had smuggled his pet cheetah on board. He met magician Siegfried while working as a steward on a cruise ship. Born in Nordenham, Germany, Horn had a lifelong love of animals and adopted a cheetah, Chico, at an early age.
