http://www.signonsandiego.com/news/state/20050224-0038-ca-bigcat.html

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The cat wandered around for eight days without killing anything before they finally killed it.

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How ironic, killed by the department that defends endangered and threatened animals. They did the wrong thing by using bullets. It didn't mention anything that showed it was a direct immediete threat. Only that it stared down a dog. Poor tiger... I hate it when animals are killed for no good reason, especially endangered ones.

A tiger is a killing machine. at over 40 pounds, a hungry tiger will soon quit looking at people as family and start looking at them as prey items. Take some time to read about the Sunderbans. Those animals, beautiful as they are, will stalk, kill and eat adult humans. If it was in a neighborhood and hadn't fed for half a week, it was looking for slow meat.

I guarantee , as Narwhal implies, not F&G person is going to enjoy the assignment of killing such a wonderful animal.

The owner needs a severe spanking for letting an animal like that escape.

Nice try Bot. But we all know what's on your mind.

GUMBO!

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I was very upset over the news but refrain from posting as it may be viewed as "political" by the moderator here. Now that you guys started the thread so I just chime in. I disagree the method they used. The cat had been roaming around for eight days, but yet no one wanted to wait for another ten minutes for the tranquilizer to kick in? Typical government workers, kill the very same thing they are sweared to protect. What a complete waste of a life.

Funny, Anderson 360 on CNN had a segment on exotic animals in America just the night before the tiger was killed. He said there are lines of millionairs willing to pay big bucks to shoot lions and tigers in a controlled environment for fun. Guess the guy who shot the tiger in L.A. just joined the million dollar boy's club. He got all the bragging rights.

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All I am thinking is the guy that walked out to get the paper in his bathrobe like Tony Soprano in the wee hours of the morning seeing this thing face to face................and the load he would drop into his shorts about then.

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and from the sounds of it that comes to about $10,000/ Lb.

Elau, I understand why you are sad, but let reality check in.

The animal had apparently not fed for several days. Lets assume you're a man of normal weight and activitry. How many days would it take for you to get hungry enough to eat one of your pets?

Now assume you're a 400 pound obligate predator. Assume you live in an area inhabitated by 150# stupid animals that have neither claws nor teetth.

I'm sure the main thing going through FWS's heads was, if we try and tranquize or trap is thing and someone gets hurt in the process were toast.

If we kill this thing ASAP we get some bad publicity for a couple weeks and it's over.

You're probably right.

It is far easier to beg for forgiveness than to ask for permission.

The only problem is that when things like this happen, and there is a public outcry, there is then a rush to enact laws to fix the problem. More often than not, the new laws or regulations do nothing to fix the problem and/or create more problems.

In the law, we say that bad facts often make bad law. This means that sometimes cases with bad set of facts are often appealed all the way to Supreme Court (Federal or state level). The justices then issue a ruling, in response to the bad facts of that particular case, which then has an impact on all other cases. Since teh facts of the case that led to the Supreme court decision are not likely to be ever be repeated, we are then stuck with court decisions that have far reaching impact.

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Not in this weather!

A hungry predator is no long a pet, declawed, defanged, whatever. A week without food will cause humans to eat each other. It was just a matter of time before Mr Tiger started lunching on long pig.

Hungry dogs eat people. Look it up. And tigers have not been bred for companionship with man.

Only a freak would enjoy the idea of putting-down somebody's lost, healthy pet.

Go read about tigers. People who hunt them use tactics to prevent themselves from becoming a prey item. They're not like a deer that just wants to get away, tigers are smart hunters.

A hungry 400 pound predator is a killing machine ready to get in gear for the big event.

Second-guessing the decision is easy.

this is such a freaking hypocricy... all those peeps with guns and they couldn't cordon the area off and shoot with a tranquilizer while keeping a bead on the tiger... BS i hope ELF get's them back for this...

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Any tiger will avoid hunting human as its last resort. In India where they frequently roam, only the sick and injured tiger will prey on humans. They will go for other animals first as Benz-LGB stated. To shoot the cat down is just a quick way for the Department to end this fisaco.

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A hungry animal goes after whatever is slowest.......