I was raised with tigers, I know how to train and controll them. I am almost sure when I run with them that they won’t attack anyone. I have a right to run with these creatures, I have them on a leash and unless we are approached unexpected, I misjudge the distance or they make a sudden lunge , I can assure you that they won’t hurt you. They NEVER bite. This feeling that a human is more valuable than a tiger is just plain silly. People who are afraid of tigers should get over it.
My tigers love to run and romp , it makes them so happy, they are more important to me than anyone other than my family.
Here in Canada no-one goes running without a hockey stick or a lacrosse stick - fending off tigers is just a natural extension of fighting off polar bears, so we’re good to go.
Here in Florida, current temp 83, we don’t have any Tigers. But last week I did come accross a Panther! I was on a trail thru the mangroves and there she was blocking my path…it was early and just turning light.
I called the Flolrida County Fish & Game and was told we have 21 adult Panthers and 11 babies in our county all tagged with radio tracking.
Well at least they will find me…
Then this week was an Eagle eatting a rabbit…way kewl!
Firstly- I don’t know if you’re joking or not, but anyone who is familiar with undomesticated animals knows the first rule of working with them is to respect the fact that they are WILD animals-not kitty cats who are totally predictable. I don’t know why you would have tigers in the first place, but it makes me very angry to see the television shows on these nutcases who have big cats in their backyards. What is the point??
Next, in reference to people who have had actual encounters with cougars, consider yourself lucky. To see acougar in the wild is extremely rare. They just put a sign at the trailhead I run at that “warns” people about the fact there have been recent cougar sightings there. It is a little unsettling to “feel” you may be being watched. The thing about cougars is they do not usually show themselves if they were to attack it would be totally unexpected and sudden. That is why people that are injured/killed (very rarely) by these animals almost always say they never even knew what hit them-not like a bear where noise is a deterrent and hikers are told to wear bells/make noise. That doesn’t rattle the cougar.
Just make sure you clean up after your elephant on the trail…ok, ok…didn’t know it was a “joke” about the tigers- don’t know if anyone has noticed but there ARE some rather unique people posting on this site. After the stuff I have read it wouldn’t surprise me if someone was doing hill repeats with a chimp …
Lots of black bears in rural Ontario. That’s another reason why I bring my dog on the nature trials. Black bear sightings aren’t uncommon but the tingling of the dogs ID tags on his collar scares the bears off.
You guys are awesome. No one can take a joke further than the slowtwitch crew.
BUT … have you all seen the story of the guy that came across a grizzly eating a human?
I can post the link if you want, it had pictures of a half-eaten man. The story is legit.
It is the largest grizzly ever caught, dead or alive (it was killed). While standing … from foot to shoulder it was 12’6 and 1600 pounds. Its head was much larger than a man’s torso, and it’s mouth looked bigger than a human head. It’s paw was wider than a man’s chest. One of my biology students brought it. During an ecology chapter we read in NG about Grizzlies dwindling due to highways, etc dissecting their lands. They were asking me how it could grow so large with their land being decreased. I said, “Well, this one’s found a new food source”.
It is a truely amazing story.
I think we all see the moral … keep your grizzly on a leash.
I had a Newfoundland and we lived in Alaska for a couple of years. I always had to be careful w/ him when we went hiking because from a distance he looked like a black bear.
I have never seen a bear in the wild. I’m beginning to doubt their existence. It took me 37 years before I saw a shark in the ocean. Now I’ve seen them four times (OK, twice on diving trips when we were kind of actually hoping to see them). Never seen a tiger either. Did see a big, black cobra and a spider like, eight inches in diameter. I went diving in The Keys last winter and saw a sea of Portugese Man-O-War. Scary.
“took me 37 years before I saw a shark in the ocean.”
One advantage of being a Canuk is that we’re legally allowed to go to Cuba. Great diving there. Had a group of six 8-10 ft. bull sharks swimming within a few feet of us. My heart was in my throat and it’s an experience I will tell my grandchildren about someday.