Woman is mauled to death by pet tiger!

How is this for a weird story? A man in Bridge Lake, BC actually owns several pet tigers. Not only that, but he encourages people to visit and take pictures. He even has a website! I guess your asking, how could this possible end in a tragedy? Well, on Thursday night, his girlfriend enters the enclosure to pet one of the tigers. The tiger ends up grabbing her leg and then bites her. She ends up bleeding to death as a result of this incident. The worse part is that her two children we outside the enclosure watching the whole time! The kids even had to go and call 911!

So how can he have pet tigers? Well, simply because there are no provincial or federal laws against this. Several large municipalities in BC do have laws against owning exotic animals, but this hasn’t encouraged the provincial or federal government to step in with similar laws.

And what happens to the tigers? No word yet, but I honestly can see the government allowing him to keep them after this. The SPCA has been fighting for years to seize the tigers because of their poor living conditions. Marlene Moiarty, of the SPCA, says that “The animals were being horribly cared for. The enclosure they were in was about the size of a small living room, and there were two tigers in that enclosure. We had concerns about animal welfare, but obviously, safety is paramount.”

She also says, “There are so many tigers being kept as pets that there’s not enough room for all of them at zoos, which limits the SPCA’s ability to take action”. I had to read that last sentence a few times. Who the hell owns all of these tigers? If there are so many out there, I’m really surprised something like this hasn’t happened before!