Considering getting a tiger as a pet???

[silicone skyline]

http://au.news.yahoo.com/a/-/newshome/6665976

Canadian man mauled to death by his pet tiger

A Canadian man who kept exotic cats behind his farmhouse was mauled to death by his 650-pound pet tiger, police said on Monday.

Norman Buwalda, a 66-year-old collector of wild animals, was found dead in the tiger's pen on Sunday afternoon at the property in western Ontario,

"The owner of some exotic animals went out to feed the tiger which was in a cage or large pen and the animal attacked him and killed him," said Troy Carlson, a constable for the Ontario Provincial Police who attended to the incident.

He said Buwalda's family and officials of nearby Southwold township would decide what to do with the tiger. The cat was found pacing inside the compound in which it was kept when police arrived on the scene.

The tiger was described as a large, fully grown male, although Carlson could not identify the subspecies.

"There were no witnesses so we don't know what prompted the attack, but a short time later a family member found (Buwalda) and contacted police," he said.

Carlson said that six years ago a Siberian tiger attacked a 10-year-old boy on the Buwalda property.

[bayman]

what makes people have wild aniMALs as pets ? surely with 95% of them their natural instincts will eventually come out

[silicone skyline]

This Tiger went against it's natural instinct.

Most Tigers tend to play for a while, right until the final kill is needed and simply roll over and go to sleep for the rest of the year.

[Psyber]

Agreed, bayman.
Even species that have been domesticated for thousands of years pose some risk.
If poor breeding choices are made, or they are poorly managed, the risk is increased.
Undomesticated species, especially large ones, are always a risk.

[mighty_tiger_79]

This Tiger went against it's natural instinct.

Most Tigers tend to play for a while, right until the final kill is needed and simply roll over and go to sleep for the rest of the year.

[Booney]

This Tiger went against it's natural instinct.

Most Tigers tend to play for a while, right until the finals kill is needed and simply roll over and go to sleep for the rest of the year.

[bayman]

This Tiger went against it's natural instinct.

Most Tigers tend to play for a while, right until the finals kill is needed and simply roll over and go to sleep for the rest of the year.

where was your species during the finals ?...oh that's right it is in danger of becoming extinct young mr booney

[bayman]

mind you there is a few 'ladies' that have had tiger as a pet

[mick]

When I was living in West Berlin in the early 80s there was a house quite close to where I lived, that had the entire back yard fenced with cyclone wire plus the roof. There was a lioness living there. The first time I saw this I was on my way home after having had a few beers, went back the next day sure enough a lioness in an approximately 100 sq metre enclosure. My neighbours directly above me in a 3 room apartment had a huge german shepherd and a smaller dog, no yard at all. During the winter these animals were kept inside 95% of the time, and taken for occassion walks, when the snow melted in spring the street had many many perfectly preserved dog turds. Travel broadens one's horizons.

[Bum Crack]

mind you there is a few 'ladies' that have had tiger as a pet

Silicone Skyline has a fox. It's a very nice fox too just quietly.

[Rik E Boy]

The Bulldogs already did that in the Grand Final.

regards,

REB

[aceman]

I bet this Tiger is nowhere near as ferocious as Mrs Tiger was when she started hearing about her Tiger prowling through every bit of "jungle" he could get his paws on a few weeks ago.

[Barto]

How about if you keep a chimp:

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2009/11/1 ... 54001.html


WARNING: Photos are pretty graphic.

[JAS]

what makes people have wild aniMALs as pets ? surely with 95% of them their natural instincts will eventually come out

Apparently there's a lot more of them than you'd think...

http://exoticpets.about.com/cs/bigcats/ ... aspets.htm

...Experts estimate that there are around 10,000 to 15,000 tigers now kept as pets or in private facilities in the US. For perspective, it is estimated that there are only about 5,000 left in the wild...

And that's just tigers...imagine what the figure might be if you include all the others big cats too.

Regards
JAS

[fisho mcspaz]

I never considered a tiger for a pet but I really want an alpaca. I wish their necks weren't so scrawny under all that fluffy stuff though, because I'd like to ride one around the neighbourhood but it looks a bit fragile for that sort of thing.

[Psyber]

I never considered a tiger for a pet but I really want an alpaca. I wish their necks weren't so scrawny under all that fluffy stuff though, because I'd like to ride one around the neighbourhood but it looks a bit fragile for that sort of thing.

You can't keep one Alpaca - they pine if alone. [I used to breed them.]
Consider their near relative - the Camel.