[Andria Hall, Cnn Anchor:] Here's a story that just makes you one image that makes you feel so horrible. A Houston toddler is undergoing surgery this morning to reattach his right arm because a Bengal tiger bit most of it off yesterday.
[Daryn Kagan, Cnn Anchor:] Authorities say that the tiger attacked when the child reached into the tiger's cage. From our affiliate station, KTRK, in Houston, here is reporter Cynthia Hunt, who has more on the condition of three-year-old Daton Cadwell.
[Cynthia Hunt, Ktrk-tv Reporter:] The family keeps the four-year-old female tiger inside this chain-linked cage. The three-year-old nephew of the tiger's owner wandered into the backyard alone. And, before any adult noticed, the boy had approached the tiger's cage and the tiger had attacked.
[Tracy Olivas, Neighbor:] I heard a scream, and it wasn't a scream of, like, "I fell down"; it was a blood-cuddling scream.
[Hunt:] Tracy Olivas rushed to help her neighbors. She says their tiger named Cheyenne had ripped the little boy's right arm off. Instantly, she says, everyone knew they had to recover the boy's arm, which was still in the cage with the tiger. [on camera]: As they were trying to get the arm, what was the tiger doing?
[Olivas:] Nothing; very passive.
[Hunt:] But they had no idea the normally-passive tiger would snap again. The owner's son decided that he had to go into the cage and get the arm.
[Olivas:] My husband and the owner of the tiger were on the other end of the cage, coaxing her. And he, literally, put himself in there and grabbed the arm. And we got the arm; we iced it; we bagged it.
[Kagan:] That poor little boy.
[Hall:] I know. Well, let's pray for him, and hope that he will be much better and recovers. Search CNN.com CNNSI.com CNNmoney.com The Web