Tigers are dangerous

Here's a story about a man who took a tiger out of his cage to be photographed by a young boy. The several hundred pound Siberian tiger got off his leash, and began to maul the boy. Thank God this kid's injuries are not life threatening!

Read here in the London Free Press.

If you own a tiger, do not let children play with him. Do not open the cage. Do not go into the cage. Do not train him to do circus tricks. Tigers are even less suitable than lions for this sort of thing, as lions are social animals that might possibly be able to consider a human part of the pride.

But tigers cannot be convinced of this. They want to eat you. Or they feel threatened by you. There is no safe way to play with a tiger.