Sept 22nd, 2019 : Tyger
Tyger Tyger, burning bright,
In the forests of the night; What immortal hand or eye, Could frame thy fearful symmetry? A house cat can put a hurtin’ on you and the bigger the cat the worse it gets, Bobcats, Panthers, leopards and Lions... you be dead. But despite the Lion’s claims the Tiger is the king of the beasts. It can run, it can climb, it can swim, I once saw a video of a tiger attacking a man who was riding a large elephant. It didn’t even bother to attack from the rear or the side, it came right up over the elephants head. :eek: http://cellar.org/img/tiger1.jpg I’m grateful Tigers are an Asian problem, we only have to worry about Mountain Lions, and Bears... amirite? Wrong, big juicy cat food. In the United States? Tigers? But that’s just a few in zoos. Quote:
One operation in Wynnewood, OK, was making a lot of money from people wanting to pet the cubs. Quote:
with the older cubs. That results in a “puppy mill” like operation plus black market sales. A number of organizations have been critical of the OK operation, so much so he lost a number of contracts to supply tiger shows around the country. Then he was convicted of paying hitmen to kill two of his critics. http://cellar.org/img/tiger2.jpg Those are just the ones moved above board. Tigers are like dogs to officials, if it’s not purebred with papers it’s a mutt and useless for any legitimate purpose. Quote:
one of these shady places to take it away. But there has been increased pressure on these under the radar tiger collectors/traders so they are taking evasive action. Some are claiming tigers as Emotional Support Tigers. I wonder what the airlines will say to that? http://cellar.org/img/tiger4.jpg The other route is moving to Ligers, Tigons, and now Tiligers, which don’t come under Federal Laws. Quote:
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Kitteh good.
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Here's the full story on that Oklahoma operation:
https://www.texasmonthly.com/article...man-gone-wild/ Quote:
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That was interesting, it filled in some of the details the Wapo story left out. A couple years ago a buddy who lives in Dallas sent pictures of he and his wife in an enclosure with at least one big tiger. I sent him a link to that story and asked if they were at the place in OK. He said no, it was in Dallas and it was a traveling magic and big cat shown. Sounds like the guy.
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I'm really more of a dog guy.
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Ole Joe had a pretty exciting go there for a while.
Never did get around to his sentence. |
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