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some animals just should not be pets be pets?yes/no???

nonothing

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Pet tiger in B.C. mauling death euthanized
Last Updated: Sunday, May 13, 2007 | 6:10 AM PT
CBC News

The pet tiger that killed a woman from 100 Mile House, B.C., was euthanized Saturday by a veterinarian, with the approval of the animal's owner.

On Thursday night, the three-year-old tiger took a fatal swipe at 32-year-old Tanya Dumstrey-Soos at an exotic pet farm owned by her boyfriend. The animal first clawed at her dress, then her legs, severing an artery.

Her 14-year-old son and the 15-year-old son of her boyfriend, Kim Carlton, were standing nearby and witnessed the attack.

They tried to stem the bleeding as they waited for nearly an hour for an ambulance to arrive.

The Siberian Magic Farm where the attack took place is located in Bridge Lake and the ambulance had to come from 100 Mile House, 40 kilometres away.

Aaron Denard, who lives in the central B.C. community, said people who knew Dumstrey-Soos are shocked and saddened by what happened.

"Condolences are expressed. Everybody's talking about it," he said. "Everyone's feeling the grief here."



Officials with the Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals said they had tried to seize the animals from Carlton a number of times since 2005, citing animal welfare and safety concerns.

Currently, there are no federal laws against owning exotic animals as pets.

The provincial government has vowed to pass a law further restricting the ownership of exotic animals to prevent other fatal maulings.

B.C. Agriculture Minister Pat Bell said he would meet with provincial Environment Minister Barry Penner this week, as well as the SPCA and Vancouver Humane Society.
 

Faster horses

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I guess if people want to keep animals like that and take a chance on
an attack, it is up to them.

We sure don't need more government regulations.
Why is it up to the government to protect us from ourselves?


People just need to remember, they are harboring a WILD ANIMAL.

Sorry to hear this happened, BUT...
 

IL Rancher

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I never have liked the regulation of species of pets or breeds of individual species. Always has rubbed me the wrong way. True, owning a Lion or a Tiger is probably not the safest thing to do but more people are probably injured a year by their horses than by their pet big cats (This is strictly a numbers game here as a lot more folks own horses than big cats).

It is kind of like the dog breed bans in certain towns. Lets ban "Pit bulls" and Rottweilers and than the irresponsible folks can't have those dogs... Okay, so tehy swetich to Can Corsas, Argentinian Mastiffs and Dobermans.. You can't ban everything but than again the only dogs that have ever chomped onto me were a toy poodle, a Chiahuia and a miny Dachusand, all bitter little dogs who weren't trained worth crap by their owners. I won't indicte the breeds mind you but the owner of these three particular dogs. Now, I would enver own a Lion, Tiger or Bear but I sure wouldn't mind having the oportunity to do such if it did float my boat...
 

Cowpuncher

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A neighbor not far from here kept exotic animals including big cats.

She was conducting a tour of the place one day a year or so ago. She leaned against a cage with a tiger in it. She had her hand behind her and was wiggling her fingers through the wire.

Tiger ate her fingers along with her arm, She survived and, as far as I know, still has the animals there.

Some people are slow learners.
 

nr

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Cowpuncher said:
A neighbor not far from here kept exotic animals including big cats.

She was conducting a tour of the place one day a year or so ago. She leaned against a cage with a tiger in it. She had her hand behind her and was wiggling her fingers through the wire.

Tiger ate her fingers along with her arm, She survived and, as far as I know, still has the animals there.

Some people are slow learners.

If the public comes onto these "farms" for the purpose of tours or purchases surely the owners would have to meet safety codes of some sort.
 

Judith

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There are quite few "large animal" farms in ALberta, there is actually a fellow that sells baby tigers, lions, cougars etc. His facility is just bizarre and I have no idea how he keeps his critters in! I was watching a TV program on the gent and all I kept saying was "it's going to be a fun day when they get out!"
 
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