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Thursday, Sept. 2, 2010 | 11:45 a.m.
A hotel official says an animal trainer received stitches for a bite on the leg after an attack by a lion in an animal habitat display at the MGM Grand.
MGM Resorts International spokeswoman Yvette Monet said Thursday the trainer was bitten Wednesday afternoon when he stepped too close to one of three male lions.
Monet says the man was treated at a Las Vegas hospital and released and U.S. Department of Agriculture inspectors were notified.
Captive lions in the glass enclosure are handled by a trainer under contract with the resort.
Monet says the injured trainer isn't an MGM Resorts employee. His name wasn't made public.
MGM Grand, a AAA Four Diamond resort, offers 5,044 rooms and suites.
MGM Grand features KÀ by Cirque du Soleil; Brad Garrett’s Comedy Club; and world-class entertainment at the Grand Garden Arena and Hollywood Theatre.
The resort offers signature restaurants by celebrity chefs including Tom Colicchio’s Craftsteak, Emeril Lagasse’s New Orleans Fish House, Wolfgang Puck’s Bar & Grill and Michelin three star and Forbes Five Star restaurant, Joël Robuchon.
As part of its ongoing “Grand Renovation,” MGM Grand has remodeled all rooms and suites in its main tower and is adding several new experiences to its lineup including Hakkasan Las Vegas Restaurant and Nightclub, a new upscale dining/nightlife concept (coming in April 2013).
MGM Grand also features a state-of-the-art, non-smoking conference center, the Grand Spa, Cristophe Salon, "CSI: The Experience" and an inviting pool complex featuring the tantalizing daylife of Wet Republic.
Upscale accommodations include The Mansion, an exclusive hotel within the hotel; the luxurious two-story SKYLOFTS at MGM Grand; and The Signature at MGM Grand, a luxury all-suite, non-gaming hotel located adjacent to the main resort.
They are wild animals, leave them in the wild.... They should not have to live their lives in that horrible enclosure
I hope OSHA investigates as they did with the Sea world Orca attack. Wild Lions should be reintroduced to Europe.
Horse meat is the food closest to the zebras and other animals Lions eat in the wild. Lion should be released in Nevada to cull the wild horse herds.
They should release the lions in MGM for and hour for dinner. Then put them back, at least once a week.
Lions are from Europe?
Biting the hands that feed you...HAHAHAA!
animals want to eat, poop, have sex and survive, they don't have feelings. Sorry dog lovers, they act the way they do to get fed and survive.
Lions existed in Europe and in India. The tigers killed the Indian Lions and the Europeans killed the lions there.
No more dangerous than grizzlies.
There are not tigers in Africa BTW just India, Asia and Russia.
The U. S, Dept. of Agriculture inspectors were notified.....for what to approve that the guys leg was a fit and sanitary usda top grade A snack for the lion?
Chunky says:
He's fairly certain these big cats get the best care they can considering they are caged in an enclosure.
By the same token, if you took Chunky and put him in a restricted domain other than his normal wild and free habitat, no matter how much you fed him and how nice the habitat was Chunky would occasionally get cranky and take a bite out of something or someone!
That's what the wild and free Chunky thinks!
Dude got stitches on his leg - that is not a lion attack - that is a lion giving the trainer a "time-out".
Getting your throat ripped out is a lion attack!
The Government actually has a plan to introduce wild survivable species from Africa, including Lions, Elephants, throughout the Western United States. The primary states for these preserves are Nevada, Montana, and Utah. So introducing lions to Nevada is not that far fetched of a ideal. Its actually being planned.
The enclosure is not horrible. It's 78 degrees, perfect humidity and all casino sounds are blocked out. If it were so horrible, why is one lion not allowed back because she refuses to leave the enclosure?
If the male lion where trying to do severe damage or kill the trainer, he would have.
No African lions but European ones! Really? Does one know of that which one speaks? Great comment from sevenhills....make more room in the casino for me.