Originally published at: Watch as a "pet" tiger roams a residential Houston neighborhood | Boing Boing
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If there’s one valuable takeaway from last year’s most insane documentary series it’s that there aren’t nearly enough barriers in place to prevent horrible, irresponsible people from acquiring tigers.
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“Never get out of the boat.”
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Apparently owning a tiger in Texas is quite easy - easier than owning a “dangerous” dog, even. There are thousands of them there, and the upper estimates of those numbers suggest there could be more tigers in Texas than in the wilds.
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The reasons to skip Texas as a destination are growing beyond ones imagination.
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Being exposed to humans for so long, the best we can hope for the tiger is that he spends the rest of his life in an enclosure in a decent animal rescue facility or a zoo.
The moron who kept this wild animal, on the other hand, should spend the rest of his life in a cage.
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I knew a biker dude back in the 70’s that dealt in illegal exotic animals, mostly reptiles & fish. A piranha bit his pinky finger off during a weed sale, the whole illegal exotic animals was just a side hustle. Miraculously, the hospital was only down the road, so the finger was re-attached successfully.
He gave that little side hustle up and stuck to the weed business. Smart move, if you ask me.
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Poor kitty 
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Nothing to worry about. Things like that happen
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That’s why I quit selling weed to piranhas.
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This is why I hate the BSAB mindset of “Tiger King” fans. Big Cat Rescue has been pushing for laws against private big cat ownership for years.
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If you outlaw tigers only tigers will have outlaws.
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I don’t know. It’s probably more humane to put them down.
The human, that is.
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There are more tigers in captivity in the US than exist in the wild in their native range.
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And most of them are owned by people who should absolutely not be entrusted with the care of a tiger.
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Yeah. Something like 6% are owned by accredited facilities, according to 5 things Tiger King doesn’t explain about captive tigers | Stories | WWF
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Well, it would certainly be more feline.
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What immortal hand or eye could have thought that was a good idea?
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