Charlie
Panthera tigris
- TIGER
Charlie is one of the
latest in the on going list of animals Cat Tales has rescued
from the inflated ego of
another human with more money than brains.
We receive an average of
45 telephone calls per month
seeking our help finding a home for some type
of exotic animal.
We also average three requests a week for
information on, and we quote:
“How can I get one of them thar cats for a pet?”
(Usually in a Southern Drawl.)
Sometimes we believe we can hear the faint sounds
of Banjos playing the music from the movie "Deliverance".
Well, Charlie was owned
by one of those type of people.
When we were called upon by the authorities to help confiscate this
tiger
we were amazed he was even in the cage he had to call a home.
The sides were only 6
feet tall and the roof was made of chicken wire.
The flimsy wire roof
drooped as low as 4 feet in the
center.
We could see that Charlie had been pulling on it with his teeth.
The floor was a series of
puddles filled with feces.
There was a minimum of 6 months worth of animal
waste
he had to walk through to
just get around in the
unacceptable excuse he was forced to call home.
If a human was forced to
live like that, the scum that inflicted
those conditions on them would be in
prison. Since it was just a
Tiger, if they are ever convicted,
the worse they face is a small fine. Most of these people will
turn around in a few months
and buy another exotic pet. There is a cure to the
problem but it would involve politicians
having the guts to turn their backs
on the special interest of the Breed for Greed
industry
that will sell any creature an individual wants if they are willing
to pay the price.
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