Tiger in Texas!!!

African Lions in Ohio? Have you been partying over at Rusty's again?

Until the mentioned release of a privet zoo, it was perfectly legal for anyone to own any animal in Ohio. The normal reason for confiscation was inhumane conditions (usually mal nourished!)

My best friend had a Tiger-Lion hybrid down the road from his house.

We think the population of lions comes from escaped pets that nobody wanted to take responsibility for. The "Gahanna Lion" sightings started in the mid 70's and make the new every few years, way beyond normal life spans.

Rusty and I have never partied together, as far as I can remember!

Ivan
 
Ivan—I listened to Arkansas Game and Fish tell us for decades there were no Mountain Lions in Arkansas. Then a soccer mom hit one, a deer hunter shot one, and they started showing up on trail cameras. I learned long ago to never say never.
 
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A few years back a family here had a pet mountain lion. A kid got too close to its cage during a birthday party and was killed and pulled through the bars into the enclosure. A mountain lion is tiny compared to a tiger. I believe there is now a county ordinance against keeping exotic cats.
 
Ohio especially Central and Southeast Ohio has a self perpetuating population of African Lions. The ODNR says we don't, but they show up often (since the mid 1970's) I would say our over abundance of deer keeps them well fed.

That sounds like the kind of urban legend that's been going on for many years in PA where people swear there are mountain lions in the wild. The game commission says no.

I guess it's not impossible but I would say it's highly unlikely.
 
For years Kansas Wildlife and Parks denied the existence of mountain lions in the state. A few road kills made them admit they were here. A video posted on a Wichita news station this morning showed a lady's backyard security camera filming a mountain lion cruising through her yard in mid-town Wichita.
 
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For many years, the official thinking was that there were no wolverines in Oregon. After several sightings they had to admit that they might not know everything that's out there.
 
I think a bit of differentiation is necessary.

A few wolverines that fit perfectly into the prevailing habitat like the Cascades or the Sierras with neglegible impact are one thing.

A "self-perpetuating population of African lions" in a habitat which would require wholsale adaptive changes in behavior, almost on an evolutionary scale, to survive, are quite another, and given the human population pattern would also pose a significant Sasquatch stealth problem (the statistical improbability of the absence of actual proof).
 
Back in the early 1990's in the Illinois Valley (a lawless, low tooth-to-head ratio corner of Southern Oregon) a pet tiger escaped and was on the loose for a few weeks. The animal had been de-clawed. One of the many sightings involved the tiger attempted to take down a steer in someone's backyard. The steer lived, but it must have been severely traumatized. Somehow the cat wandered back home without getting shot. The lunatic female owner was arrested for assaulting the animal control officers and deputies when they came to secure the animal.
 
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A welder I used to work with had some tigers. He started with a female cub, who lived in the house for years. Very tame, first time I met her she said Hi by putting her paw on my chest and it covered a good share of it. Hard to remain calm. The rest were rescues he kept in big yards surrounded by hog panels welded to pipe frames. He had on big male he said he did not trust one bit.

He married a young veterinary assistant. They ended up getting a divorce and as it was in WA she got the property. The tigers of course had to stay. She was trying to make him pay for their upkeep with no luck. No animal support laws. He had an arrangement to get road kill and dead stock. He told me feeding them took a pile of meat.
 
Just in the interest of accuracy, as of 10:00 am today, the news (Fox, CNN) is reporting said tiger is not 3 months old, it's 10 months old, (pretty big difference on the danger scale) and it has not yet been "taken into custody". Owner is a guy who was out on bail on a murder charge. Not sure why the discrepancy between news reports, unless this guy had more than one cat?

My guess is someone has taken it in. Can't see a big cat like that being able to stay unnoticed in a populated area like that.

Larry
 
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TIGERS OR BEARS??

Reminds me of some years back, after dropping my wife off for her car pool, I headed into Winchester in my old hunting truck, a Chevy S10. Saw a bear cross the street in the rear view. Made a quick turn and headed to the area where he was going. Was scouting for him when a sheriffs car pulled up to flag me down. The Deputy, a hunting buddie ask what I was doing. Told him I had a rope in the back of the truck and was going to try and catch the bear and pull him up in the truck through the back window and get him out of town.:D He laughed and said I needed to go home and forget the bear. Heard later the bear got out of town unharmed. :)
 
For years Kansas Wildlife and Parks denied the existence of mountain lions in the state. A few road kills made them admit they were here. A video posted on a Wichita news station this morning showed a lady's backyard security camera filming a mountain lion cruising through her yard in mid-town Wichita.

There`s an oil lease in Park City just off of N69th and N Meridian that I`ve seen big cat tracks on. Maybe the same one?
 
Awhile back a tiger was found roaming around near Jackson, New Jersey. The police showed up at the home of a lady, known as the "Tiger Lady," who kept multiple tigers at her home. When asked about the tiger on the loose, the woman said: "What makes you think it's my tiger?"

Crazy as it sounds the Tiger Lady's question was valid insofar as Jackson, New Jersey was the home to a drive through Africa Safari park.

Love 'Tiger King'? Let's remember N.J.'''s controversial 'Tiger Lady' - nj.com
 
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