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Cat Forum / Cat Anecdotes / August 2007Tiger cub going through cat flap
Big cute warning: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/pages/live/articles/news/news.html?in_article_id=4768 13&in_page_id=1770 > Big cute warning: > > http://www.dailymail.co.uk/pages/live/articles/news/news.html?in_article_id=4768 13&in_page_id=1770 I can just imagine the destruction this guy will manage before she admits he has to go back. Jo > Big cute warning: > > http://www.dailymail.co.uk/pages/live/articles/news/news.html?in_article_id=4768 13&in_page_id=1770 Adorable! How many of you have seen the "Awesome Pawsome" program on Animal Planet? I'm not sure where their tiger facility is, but the program shows a year in the life of several hand-raised tiger-cubs. Watching them, you can really relate to the Chinese proverb "God made Cat so Man could pet a Tiger"! More than any other of the big cats, these seem just overgrown kittens, with all the charm and affectionate behaviour of your own furry family. I challenge you to watch it without thinking "I WANT one" at least once (despite the impracticalities of actually living with a creature that large and dangerous). > Adorable! How many of you have seen the "Awesome Pawsome" > program on Animal Planet? I love that program! > More than any other of the big cats, > these seem just overgrown kittens, with all the charm and > affectionate behaviour of your own furry family. There was something about tigers on last night - might've even been Awesome Pawsome, but I only caught the last few minutes of it, so I'm not sure. But yeah, those tigers were just like giant housecats, giving head rubs and rolling around on their backs, and so on. One of the closing shots was of a guy surrounded by about 6 full-grown tigers, all acting like he was their Daddy. Usually, one would not want to find oneself surrounded by 6 tigers, but these guys were like a family. > I challenge you to watch it without thinking "I WANT one" at > least once (despite the impracticalities of actually living > with a creature that large and dangerous). Well, you know about the impracticalities, and I know about them, and probably everyone reading this newsgroup knows about them. But as much as I love these shows, I feel like they're always sending a mixed message to the TV viewers. One one hand, they say, "Tigers belong in the wild. They're not house pets. It would be unsafe and cruel to keep a tiger in your home..." etc, etc. On the other, they show this utterly adorable baby tiger cub playing with the children and the dog! Who in their right mind *wouldn't* want one?? And sadly, you know that some idiot watching the show will see the cuteness and ignore the verbal message. Joyce > > Adorable! How many of you have seen the "Awesome Pawsome" > > program on Animal Planet? [quoted text clipped - 27 lines] > And sadly, you know that some idiot watching the show will see the > cuteness and ignore the verbal message. All big cats are cute as cubs, but as adults they are dangerous. Its stupid to think otherwise. I remember a man - I think at Howletts Wild Animal Park here in the UK some years ago - who totally trusted a tiger he had reared from a cub. Unfortunately it killed him. Tweed >>>Adorable! How many of you have seen the "Awesome Pawsome" >>>program on Animal Planet? [quoted text clipped - 32 lines] > here in the UK some years ago - who totally trusted a tiger he had reared > from a cub. Unfortunately it killed him. Probably unintentionally! Like the Siegfried and Roy white tiger whose apparent intention was to PROTECT her trainer, but she badly injured him, instead. (It's kind of a reverse situation to people allowing small children unsupervised access to kittens and puppies - they don't INTEND to harm them, they just don't realize that their relative strength can pose a threat.) >>>>Adorable! How many of you have seen the "Awesome Pawsome" >>>>program on Animal Planet? [quoted text clipped - 39 lines] > harm them, they just don't realize that their relative strength can pose a > threat.) Which is a very good reason not to keep them as pets, or get involved with them without years of training and specialization. The Siegfried and Roy incident happened in the same summer as the Ming the tiger episode here in New York City-- very weird at the time, this proliferation of people who seemed to think they could or should handle tigers. My argument at the time went as possible, OK, let's assume that she DOES "only want to play" or protect, or any number of non-malicious things. But she is still four hundred pounds, and tigers "just playing," hurt each other-- as do pint-size domestic cats. What chance do *you* have against a frisky, four-hundred pound tiger with five-inch teeth and claws? > Big cute warning: > > http://www.dailymail.co.uk/pages/live/articles/news/news.html?in_article_id=4768 13&in_page_id=1770 Extremely cute, but I can't help thinking of the day he discovers that he's grown too big to pass through the cat flap...  SignatureMarina, Miranda and Caliban. In loving memory of Frank and Nikki. > > Big cute warning: > > > > http://www.dailymail.co.uk/pages/live/articles/news/news.html?in_article_id=4768 13&in_page_id=1770 > Extremely cute, but I can't help thinking of the day he discovers that > he's grown too big to pass through the cat flap... Ouch!! Get out the tub of grease... Joyce >> Big cute warning: >> >> http://www.dailymail.co.uk/pages/live/articles/news/news.html?in_article_id=4768 13&in_page_id=1770 > > Extremely cute, but I can't help thinking of the day he discovers that > he's grown too big to pass through the cat flap... I think he will make the problem known to management. ;) > I think he will make the problem known to management. ;) I wouldn't like to be the Meowmie that day. ;) SignatureMarina, Miranda and Caliban. In loving memory of Frank and Nikki. >Big cute warning: > >http://www.dailymail.co.uk/pages/live/articles/news/news.html?in_article_id=4768 13&in_page_id=1770 How adorable can you GET?! > Big cute warning: > > http://www.dailymail.co.uk/pages/live/articles/news/news.html?in_article_id=4768 13&in_page_id=1770 EEEEEeeeee! <thunk> Yowie |
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