[FEL-L] Re: [Phoenix_Exotics] RE: Tiger swats its owner inside cage

[Bigcats10 at aol.com]

In a message dated 9/13/2006 8:18:13 P.M. Eastern Standard Time,  
rrooney at ucwphilly.rr.com writes:

Irony  raises its head.

If the tiger had been declawed he would not have been  so injured by the swat 
and this wouldn't be in the news.

Damned if  you do, damned if you don't.

Maybe this needs to be pointed out to  USDA...


What they have failed to mention is that if that Tiger wanted to kill him,  
he would have been dead.
 
This wasn't an agressive act on the part of the Tiger, she was startled and  
apparently new to his compound. 
So he got scratched, so what? I have been scrached more by my domestic  
animals that my exotic felines. You don't see any reporting on that  though...
 
As for USDA, seems like the pressure is on from the A/R's groups. When I  
questioned USDA about the declaw issue, it was stated that there are exceptions  
which in my mind equals selective enforcement.
 
Vicki
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