There could be as many as 7000 tigers living in American backyards

Not to mention the bungalow bill.

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The actual story is even funnier. Yates didn’t just have Ming the tiger, he also had an alligator named Al in another room. And all this in public housing.

The authorities discovered the tiger because it mauled him after it tried eat his cat and he needed to go to the hospital.

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Truth, stranger than fiction every time.

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It may not be on the scale of guns, but the non-tiger owning population is still threatened by the tiger owning population. Sometimes the inside tigers become outside tigers and it becomes everyone’s problem. https://abcnews.go.com/US/zanesville-animal-massacre-included-18-rare-bengal-tigers/story?id=14767017

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Well, if we assume there are no tigers in any zoos, then… uhm… er… yeah…

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Tigers? Everyone knows that the perfect road buddy for truckers are orangutans.

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Yeah, but they need those tigers to keep their pet alligators from getting too belligerent.

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Somebody watched a Joe Rogan stand up special.

Also there is a big cat rescue near me, but I haven’t visited.

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OMG I watched a television show about that guy, the one who had the tiger in a tiny apartment in NYC. It’s actually really interesting. It’s not that I endorse the idea, but rather it’s kind of fascinating.He never left his home basically, and his whole life was only about the tiger.

This guy right: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CXXdf0SBEZE

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TC Boyle was thinking the same thing:

(spoilers in the plot summary; it is a good book to read during these full throttle climate weirding days)

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A classic depiction of why keeping a lot of large cats on your property can be a bad thing
The film Roar!


“No animals were harmed in the making of this film. 70 cast and crew members were.”
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Then there was the Disney movie.

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Hell yeah, considering that we only have seven years left then.

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snl-stefon-laughs

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But who will staff our libraries if they are all out on the road?

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Hey, I just thought of a good use for ICE!

Why? Hardcore Calvin & Hobbes LARPing?

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[…]
Feline fury of the jungle
Stripey death from Bangladesh
Marnie’s going to get in trouble
She’s going to end up in a mess

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I want to say ‘a fair amount’, but I am likely quite wrong.