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Three-year-old's walk over jaws of death
A daredevil high wire act that included a three-year-old girl (above, right) walking above a tiger enclosure in a zoo in China
A daredevil high wire act that included a three-year-old girl walking above a tiger enclosure in a zoo in Jiangsu, an eastern Chinese city sparked concern for her safety.
At her first public show on March 31, little Zhang Xiaoyan walked 50m on a high wire, strung just 10m above six tigers, the People's Daily website reported.
The show at Changzhou was an instant sensation as spectators watched with nervousness every step the girl made, with nothing for balance except her two tiny arms, the paper said.
It also said the tigers sometimes leapt to snap at the girl and another acrobat who was swinging under the wire clutching a ladder suspended from a bicycle.
The three acrobats completed their show unscathed, but some spectators were appalled that a three-year-old was made to perform a death-defying stunt, said the People's Daily.
- The Straits Times/ANN
Published April 9 2010
A daredevil high wire act that included a three-year-old girl (above, right) walking above a tiger enclosure in a zoo in China
A daredevil high wire act that included a three-year-old girl walking above a tiger enclosure in a zoo in Jiangsu, an eastern Chinese city sparked concern for her safety.
At her first public show on March 31, little Zhang Xiaoyan walked 50m on a high wire, strung just 10m above six tigers, the People's Daily website reported.
The show at Changzhou was an instant sensation as spectators watched with nervousness every step the girl made, with nothing for balance except her two tiny arms, the paper said.
It also said the tigers sometimes leapt to snap at the girl and another acrobat who was swinging under the wire clutching a ladder suspended from a bicycle.
The three acrobats completed their show unscathed, but some spectators were appalled that a three-year-old was made to perform a death-defying stunt, said the People's Daily.
- The Straits Times/ANN
Published April 9 2010