I was a bit shocked by a headline I read earlier this week, reading, "Woman mualed to death by tiger in B.C. Interior."My first thought was something like, "What the hell is a tiger doing in the B.C. interior!?!". Images of Siberian Tigers stalking the woods of the Okanagan Valley ravaging unsuspecting fruit farmers spun through my head. It turns out that the truth is a little more mundane, but certainly just as gruesome.
The tiger was actually being kept as a pet by a gentleman who lives by a tiny community called Bridge Lake and keeps several big cats there. The tiger was in a cage at the time, and the poor lady who became lunch for the tiger was the guy's girlfriend, who was...get this...PETTING THE TIGER IN FRONT OF HER TWO KIDS.
Seriously people. If Seigfried and Roy can't control a freakin tiger that they've raised from a kitten for 10+ years, maybe you shouldn't be strolling into your boyfriend's macho zoo fantasy to play with his large caged predators. Better yet, unless you are a Miami crime lord, you probably shouldn't own a tiger at all.
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