Apparently, tigers are now kept as pets.  Why?

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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rwv8mCw8JJs&feature=channel

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5Y357VWZTmg

Apparently, tigers are now kept as pets.  Why?

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Because two Las Vegas showmen made it cool

Because people are STUPID!

Because people are STUPID!


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Not to get too far off topic, but primates are also aren't exactly the wisest choice to keep as household pets either.

Here in Kansas City this last week (I swear to God I'm not making this up), there was a truck driver who had a pet chimpanzee that got loose and raised hell around the neighborhood. I guess it was running around and jumping up and down on police cars and flipping everybody off until the cops finally shot it with a tranquilizer dart.  ;D

Tigers shouldn't be kept as pets,remember Travis The Chimp last year who mauled the woman's face right off? ::)

Not to get too far off topic, but primates are also aren't exactly the wisest choice to keep as household pets either.

Here in Kansas City this last week (I swear to God I'm not making this up), there was a truck driver who had a pet chimpanzee that got loose and raised hell around the neighborhood. I guess it was running around and jumping up and down on police cars and flipping everybody off until the cops finally shot it with a tranquilizer dart.  ;D


I saw that on Keith Olbermann.  Who the hell does he think he is, BJ and the Bear?  You'd think after the Travis travesty people would have a better sense of how dangerous Chimps are.

Tigers?

DO NOT PICK A PET HIGHER THAN YOU ON THE FOOD CHAIN!
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Get a chicken as a pet!

Get a chicken as a pet!


Chicken make lousy house pet!
;D

I saw that on Keith Olbermann.  Who the hell does he think he is, BJ and the Bear?  You'd think after the Travis travesty people would have a better sense of how dangerous Chimps are.

Tigers?

DO NOT PICK A PET HIGHER THAN YOU ON THE FOOD CHAIN!
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The local KC morning shock jock was having a field day with this, every time they mentioned this story they'd start playing the theme song from BJ and the Bear.  ;D

I guess this guy has had this chimp for at least 10 years and has been having constant battles for years with the local authorities about the legality of all this. Thankfully the chimp didn't hurt anyone, it was described as being more playful and mischievous than anything else but after the Travis incident, why take any chances?

Chicken make lousy house pet!
;D


you might eat them for dinner.

Chicken make lousy house pet!
;D


I'm afraid I'll eat my chicken if I had one.  :-\\

The local KC morning shock jock was having a field day with this, every time they mentioned this story they'd start playing the theme song from BJ and the Bear.  ;D

I guess this guy has had this chimp for at least 10 years and has been having constant battles for years with the local authorities about the legality of all this. Thankfully the chimp didn't hurt anyone, it was described as being more playful and mischievous than anything else but after the Travis incident, why take any chances?


Well, I guess it gets awful lonely out there on the road.  Maybe he taught the chimp to...
:-X

I'm afraid I'll eat my chicken if I had one.  :-\\


Me Too.

How about a bear as a pet?

How about a bear as a pet?


That's been already done, on the TV series "Gentle Ben"...  8)

Not to get too far off topic, but primates are also aren't exactly the wisest choice to keep as household pets either.

Here in Kansas City this last week (I swear to God I'm not making this up), there was a truck driver who had a pet chimpanzee that got loose and raised hell around the neighborhood. I guess it was running around and jumping up and down on police cars and flipping everybody off until the cops finally shot it with a tranquilizer dart.  ;D


Yeah I saw that on TV. 

Let me tell you something... after having seen the chimp rip that lady's face off last year  >:(  , and reading about another dude who got his 'nards ripped off  :o by a chimp...in the unlikely event that I see a chimp running free in MY neighborhood...

I won't waste a tranquilizer dart on it.  I'll blow that mofo away with a lead hailstorm from my trusty Benelli.  http://www.inthe00s.com/smile/01/awm2.gif

Yeah I saw that on TV. 

Let me tell you something... after having seen the chimp rip that lady's face off last year  >:(  , and reading about another dude who got his 'nards ripped off  :o by a chimp...in the unlikely event that I see a chimp running free in MY neighborhood...

I won't waste a tranquilizer dart on it.  I'll blow that mofo away with a lead hailstorm from my trusty Benelli.   http://www.inthe00s.com/smile/01/awm2.gif


So?  A hamster can rip your nads off too.  It just takes him longer!
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So?  A hamster can rip your nads off too.  It just takes him longer!
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I'm afraid I don't have your extensive experience with hamsters, Max. 

So thanks for the heads up.

;D

That's been already done, on the TV series "Gentle Ben"...  8)


Oh yeah that's right.

So?  A hamster can rip your nads off too.  It just takes him longer!
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They can also crap in your hands too.  ::)

I'm afraid I don't have your extensive experience with hamsters, Max. 

So thanks for the heads up.

;D


How far up?
???

How about a leopard as a pet?

How about a leopard as a pet?
Do you have a large back garden for it?

Do you have a large back garden for it?


not large enough.

So?  A hamster can rip your nads off too.  It just takes him longer!
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That wouldn't be slow and excruciatingly painful or anything.  :o :o :o :o :o

So?  A hamster can rip your nads off too.  It just takes him longer!
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Beware of the Angry Gopher!

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Beware of the Angry Gopher!

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Oh No!  :o

That wouldn't be slow and excruciatingly painful or anything.  :o :o :o :o :o


I'll give you some of that stuff Michael Jackson used to take, and you won't feel a thing!
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How about a bear as a pet?


When I worked at the library, we used to have a really nice lady that would come in with her daughter for storyhour.  She had a pet bear cub, she brought it with her once and kept it outside (no bears allowed n the library unless you are Winnie Le Pooh or Paddington Bear).  I was able to go out and sorta pet it, it was really young and she would come in with these deep gashes on her arms (I mean, I'd get the occasional scratch from my cat but these were deep gashes.)  I think they had to get rid of it when they had to have a visiting nurse come to the house and take care of the husband, and the nurse got scratched (as I recall.)  It was cute but I can't even imagine letting a bear run around your house.  :o

When I worked at the library, we used to have a really nice lady that would come in with her daughter for storyhour.  She had a pet bear cub, she brought it with her once and kept it outside (no bears allowed n the library unless you are Winnie Le Pooh or Paddington Bear).  I was able to go out and sorta pet it, it was really young and she would come in with these deep gashes on her arms (I mean, I'd get the occasional scratch from my cat but these were deep gashes.)  I think they had to get rid of it when they had to have a visiting nurse come to the house and take care of the husband, and the nurse got scratched (as I recall.)  It was cute but I can't even imagine letting a bear run around your house.  :o


That's very interesting.

When I worked at the library, we used to have a really nice lady that would come in with her daughter for storyhour.  She had a pet bear cub, she brought it with her once and kept it outside (no bears allowed n the library unless you are Winnie Le Pooh or Paddington Bear).  I was able to go out and sorta pet it, it was really young and she would come in with these deep gashes on her arms (I mean, I'd get the occasional scratch from my cat but these were deep gashes.)  I think they had to get rid of it when they had to have a visiting nurse come to the house and take care of the husband, and the nurse got scratched (as I recall.)  It was cute but I can't even imagine letting a bear run around your house.  :o


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I was at a friend's house one spring morning and a juvenile bear came bouncing through her back yard.  He was adorable to look at, but I wasn't going to go play fetch the stick like I do with the dog!
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Your story reminded me of an old Marty Feldman sketch --

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GlPAVm8Gl6M

How about a bear as a pet?
Lord Byron kept a bear while he was a student at Trinity College, Cambridge (reputedly out of resentment of Trinity rules forbidding pet dogs — he later suggested that the bear apply for a college fellowship).

Lord Byron kept a bear while he was a student at Trinity College, Cambridge (reputedly out of resentment of Trinity rules forbidding pet dogs — he later suggested that the bear apply for a college fellowship).


Why didn't he do it for the bear? ???

Then how about a pet snake? ???

Why didn't he do it for the bear? ???
He only suggested that.

Then how about a pet snake? ???
Do you have to have a licence to keep snakes?

Do you have to have a licence to keep snakes?


I think you do,they're very dangerous.

Lord Byron kept a bear while he was a student at Trinity College, Cambridge (reputedly out of resentment of Trinity rules forbidding pet dogs — he later suggested that the bear apply for a college fellowship).


"I am not a loony! Why should I be attired with the epithet loony merely
because I have a pet halibut? I've heard tell that Sir Gerald Nabardo
has a pet prawn called Simon and you wouldn't call him a loony; furthermore,
Dawn Pailthorpe, the lady show-jumper, had a clam, called Stafford, after
the late Chancellor, Allan Bullock has  two pikes, both called Chris, and
Marcel Proust had an 'addock! So, if you're calling the author of 'A la
recherche du temps perdu' a loony, I shall have to ask you to step outside!"

-- Monty Python ("The Fish License")
;D ;D ;D

Do you have to have a licence to keep snakes?


Eric...Eric the snake!

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Eric...Eric the snake!

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Can I pet Eric The Snake? :o

Eric...Eric the snake!

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Eric... the half-a-bee?

Hey...any animal can be kept as an exotic pet.

I myself would like to have a wolf as an exotic pet, but it would have to be 2-3 weeks old and I may have to give it up a year later.

Hey...any animal can be kept as an exotic pet.

I myself would like to have a wolf as an exotic pet, but it would have to be 2-3 weeks old and I may have to give it up a year later.


or it might howl at the moon. :o

Hey...any animal can be kept as an exotic pet.

I myself would like to have a wolf as an exotic pet, but it would have to be 2-3 weeks old and I may have to give it up a year later.


People try to raise wolf pups to be the family dog...BIG mistake!
:o

People try to raise wolf pups to be the family dog...BIG mistake!
:o


Just try not to let the family wolf stare at the moon http://images2.layoutsparks.com/1/10604/wolf-howling-full-moon.png

Just try not to let the family wolf stare at the moon http://images2.layoutsparks.com/1/10604/wolf-howling-full-moon.png


Well...if you let your exotic pet go and a year or two later when you see them...they'll lick your face rather than eat it! :o

Well...if you let your exotic pet go and a year or two later when you see them...they'll lick your face rather than eat it! :o


A wolf is not a dog.  He will lick your face and then eat it!  That's the difference between domesticated and wild animals. 
:o

A wolf is not a dog.  He will lick your face and then eat it!  That's the difference between domesticated and wild animals. 
:o


They'll probably mistake your face for a piece of steak.

I liked the Christian the Lion story, it always make me cry

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9PBqv-G2snA

I'm sure he would eat my face off if I got a lion but they are "cute"



I vaguely remember a couple of films (maybe starring Katherine Hepburn and Madonna?) where an eccentric millionaire had a leopard cub as a house pet, but can't remember what it was called now... Bringing up baby?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h4U4aA0ZmVM