Can You Pet A Tiger

Tigers are huge strong fanged predators that eat dozens of pounds of meat per day and need acres of expensive high security enclosures.

Can you pet a tiger. Fourteen other states require a permit to own a tiger or any other big cat. By signing up you agree to receive email with news special promotions and messages tailored to your interests you can unsubcribe at any time. Preservation station facebook. North carolina alabama delaware nevada oklahoma south carolina west virginia and wisconsin.

A young female tiger found around noon in conroe is seen at the city of conroe animal shelter thursday april 21 2016 in. If you can visit a facility to pet a tiger cub then why protect them half a world away where you may never see them. There is no where else you can pet baby tigers chimps and elephant etc. The tiger pet can be purchased from oringo during the traveling zoo.

None of the six surviving species of tiger another three are extinct should be kept as pets. Owning a pet tiger is considered legal or is unregulated in eight states all of which have rather lax regulatory laws concerning animal rights in general. Tiger is a combat pet added in update 0 7 6. It is pricey but well worth it and they do amazing work with the money.

It can be purchased from oringo during the travelling zoo event if it is available. Studies have shown that public interaction with captive wild animals has done very little to cause the public to donate to conservation in the wild. You can see but not touch them up close at some rescue facilities sanctuaries such as big cat rescue down in tampa fl. The website gets nearly 3 million visitors per year and is another educational tool that provides the information about what it really means to pet a tiger cub and gives the viewer easy ways to become part of the solution in saving tigers rather than leading to their demise.

In fact a majority of states in the us. Have instituted bans on keeping any of the big cat species as pets. To be clear i don t think it is ethical to do any pay to pet pose with a lion tiger cub program. There were 40 people in our group.

The only complaint i have so the group size. It is truly a once in a lifetime experience that i would recommend to anyone. Yes you can own a tiger as a pet in texas but it s not recommended.