The cost of feeding a tiger
 

Ok this isn't really too much about news so I didn't want to put it in the news tread. A tiger was found in a Harlem apartment. It appeared to be well nourished. Here is my ?. My dad has worked at Clemson University since 1970. At one point the university considered buying a Bengal Tiger b/c that is the university's mascot. Well I remember him telling me the university couldn't afford it b/c of the tremendous cost involved with feeding the tiger. So my question is who in the world could some random person afford to feed a tiger plus pay rent on an apartment? From what I can tell the person didn't even visit the tiger, what's the point?! Confused. Thanks :)

Here is a pic of this type of tiger

http://www.tiger.to/p278/tiger6c.jpg

Don't forget he also had a couple snakes and an aligator amongst other animals.

The only reason he got caught is cause the tiger attacked him, and the hospital didnt believe those were bite marks of a pitt bull.

Well, live and learn.

what the hell? the tiger had it's own apartment?

haha sucks for all yall livin with your parents.

that tiger is beautiful!!!!!!

apparently it costs an entire show in Vegas and one critically injured guy in a white jumpsuit-

stupid seigfred and roy- you can't beat tigers for that long before they come back IDIOTS!

LOL

When I was in high school I worked at a small town grocery store. Out in the country a guy had a "big cat" farm. He would come in once a week and spend a couple of hundred on raw fryer chickens and apples. The tigers and lions he had would eat the raw chicken and snack on the apples.
As far as Clemson having a tiger, I am sure they would incur more cost than a guy having a tiger in an apartment. Clemson would have to pay extra liability insurance, secure cages, a vet, trainers, etc. I am guessing the guy with the tiger in the apratment was just buying some food, not all the extras.

-wendi

Maybe the guy was just a huge Clemson/LSU/Auburn fan :D

and Florida fan too since there was a gator...

;) I find myself wondering how the kitty litter situtation worked... :confused:

It could be expensive you were feeding a lion filet mignon, but tigers, lions and other big cats have different digestive systems than humans. They can eat rotton meat. I know there used to be a big cat preserve in my area and they used to feed their animals roadkill. I see dead deer on the road all the time and they are free.

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I heard the downstairs neighbor on the news complaining about the smell and urine coming from the above apartment.

I totally got turned on when i heard that.

-Rudey
--Oh yeah.

I knew that you would!

-Cream
--Rudey is a freak like that.

I have a friend.............. LOL!