Blatantly disregarding social status and the rules of hospitality, a tiger from Moscow has urinated on people in the VIP zone of a circus during a show in Kazakhstan, local media reported.

The male tiger, Kesha, was ordered to perform a trick, but instead lifted his hind leg and urinated on the people in the best seats, Novosti-Kazakhstan reported on Thursday, citing eyewitnesses.

Several kids and adults were hit by the stream, causing the show to be halted by general laughter, the report said.

However, the performance proceeded after the victims wiped themselves clean with handkerchiefs, the news website said.

No complaints were reported to be filed against Kesha or its owners after the show. The Nikulin Moscow Circus was in the second week of its run of shows in Ekibastuz in northeastern Kazakhstan.