This is the moment a tiger at a circus in Russia had a seizure in the middle of a performance before being resuscitated in front of the horrified audience.

Footage captured in the Magnitogorsk circus shows several of the big cats leaping through flaming hoops at the command of the famous Bagdasarovi trainers.

Suddenly, a tiger at the side of the circus ring becomes unresponsive and rigid and appears to be having a seizure.

The male trainer prods it repeatedly but it remains lifeless.

The trainers call the show to a halt, drag the struggling big cat into the ring and then pour several buckets of water onto the stricken creature.

The water appears to do the trick and the tiger wakes up to the applause of the concerned public.

The video was captured back in 2018.

An unpleasant incident happened in the Magnitogorsk circus during a performance by the famous trainers Bagdasarovi - one of the tigers became ill after jumping through a ring of fire, he fainted. Resuscitation measures were carried out right in the arena, in front of the spectators who were filming everything that was happening on video.

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