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[DandyDon]

more tigers in captivity in US than in the wild whole world wide.

Many sources agree. They attract money.

Captive tigers in the U.S. outnumber those in the wild. It's a problem.

Some are in roadside zoos. Some are pets. Many are abused. A lack of regulation on big cats is putting animals and humans at risk.

www.nationalgeographic.com

 

[ggunn]

Many people have experience with the dilemma of what to do when cute juvenile chickens, ducks, and rabbits given as Easter pets grow to maturity. For a lion or tiger it would be a much bigger problem.

The trouble with a kitten is that
Eventually it becomes a cat
- Ogden Nash

 

[ChuckP]

Don't know if you remember the drug dealer the tried to kill up by Hemingways a few years ago - when they invaded his house, he had some tiger - he lived out beyond 65 off airport blvd I think. Bunch of scarface decorations lol

 

[gopbroek]

30 years ago when I moved to DFW it was in style for the gangsters in the hoods to have exotic cats. Eventually many got loose or were abandoned. The creek beds became game trails and they roamed all over. Didn't see a lot of stray pets for awhile

 

[ggunn]

30 years ago when I moved to DFW it was in style for the gangsters in the hoods to have exotic cats. Eventually many got loose or were abandoned. The creek beds became game trails and they roamed all over. Didn't see a lot of stray pets for awhile

Years ago there used to be a lion or two in a pen on the Casa Mission grounds. I heard that it/they escaped during one of the storms but I never heard anything else about it. Keeping large apex predators by private individuals in less than secure confinement is beyond crazy. They see us as merely food.

 

[ColoDale]

Years ago there used to be a lion or two in a pen on the Casa Mission grounds. I heard that it/they escaped during one of the storms but I never heard anything else about it. Keeping large apex predators by private individuals in less than secure confinement is beyond crazy. They see us as merely food.

There were two lions. There was a monkey or two in the courtyard. I was told they came from a circus that came to Cozumel and went out of business while here.

 

[ggunn]

There were two lions. There was a monkey or two in the courtyard. I was told they came from a circus that came to Cozumel and went out of business while here.

Do you know what eventually happened to them? They haven't been there on the Casa Mission grounds in many years. Did they really escape? Were they recovered or is there now a resident pride of lions somewhere on the island?

 

[ColoDale]

Do you know what eventually happened to them? They haven't been there on the Casa Mission grounds in many years. Did they really escape? Were they recovered or is there now a resident pride of lions somewhere on the island?

I don't remember. This was about 20 years ago. I don't know if it was pre- or post- Wilma. I don't recall "escape" being used. Moved off the island is what I remember. If there were a pride of lions on the island, we would have heard something.

 

[DandyDon]

If there were one lion on the island, we would have heard something.

 

[ggunn]

I don't remember. This was about 20 years ago. I don't know if it was pre- or post- Wilma. I don't recall "escape" being used. Moved off the island is what I remember. If there were a pride of lions on the island, we would have heard something.

I should have put a smiley at the end of my question; I really don't think that there are any loose lions on Cozumel.