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Bengal tiger discovered locked up in abandoned house in Mexico
Telegraph UK ^

Posted on 07/25/2014 2:42:18 PM PDT by Perdogg

Mexican authorities searching an abandoned house were left stunned when they discovered a Bengal tiger locked in a cage.

Police officers, who found the endangered animal after a tip-off from a member of the public, say it is a “complete mystery” how the tiger got there.

(Excerpt) Read more at telegraph.co.uk ...


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To: UCANSEE2; Perdogg; Slings and Arrows

That was a great episode of Archer. Love that gal who sang Charlene’s songs.

As for the tiger, poor baby. How could someone do that? I hope she has a wonderful happy life now.


21 posted on 07/25/2014 3:39:20 PM PDT by Gefn ("I am waiting for a rebirth of wonder ")
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To: Perdogg

Was he destined for Texas and amnesty?


22 posted on 07/25/2014 3:42:43 PM PDT by Don Corleone ("Oil the gun..eat the cannoli. Take it to the Mattress.")
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To: Perdogg

“Did you remember to drop the tiger off at the kennel?”
“No, I thought you were going to do it.”
“Crap. I don’t want to turn around now. We’re almost there.”
“Call Humberto next door, see if he’ll feed it while we’re on vacation.”


23 posted on 07/25/2014 3:42:51 PM PDT by Jeff Chandler (Conservatism is the political disposition of grown-ups.)
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To: Perdogg
Is he going to look for Refuge Status, too?
24 posted on 07/25/2014 3:46:25 PM PDT by fedupjohn (America...Designed by Geniuses...Now inhabited by Idiots..Palin 2016...)
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To: cloudmountain; livius

Once, when my job once brought me to the zoo just before dawn, I heard lions mating. Those guys are serious about reproducing, I’ll tell you what.


25 posted on 07/25/2014 3:50:16 PM PDT by Jeff Chandler (Conservatism is the political disposition of grown-ups.)
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To: Jeff Chandler
once
26 posted on 07/25/2014 3:51:29 PM PDT by Jeff Chandler (Conservatism is the political disposition of grown-ups.)
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To: Biggirl

Maybe a condo? Everybody loves equity.


27 posted on 07/25/2014 3:57:03 PM PDT by Slings and Arrows (You can't have Ingsoc without an Emmanuel Goldstein.)
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To: Slings and Arrows

The movie “The Counselor” with Javiaer Bardam.


28 posted on 07/25/2014 4:04:01 PM PDT by Vendome (Don't take life so seriously-you won't live through it anyway-Enjoy Yourself ala Louis Prima)
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To: Perdogg
“complete mystery”

Pet peeve of mine: not "complete," unless you assume the possibility that the tiger got there on his own.

29 posted on 07/25/2014 5:07:17 PM PDT by 1rudeboy
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To: Perdogg

Disposal system for snitches?


30 posted on 07/25/2014 5:13:28 PM PDT by Ruy Dias de Bivar (Sometimes you need more than seven rounds, Much more.)
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To: Jeff Chandler
Knowing the mating calls of Felis silvestris domestica, I can only imagine...
31 posted on 07/25/2014 5:50:42 PM PDT by ZirconEncrustedTweezers (I'm not anti-government, government's anti-me.)
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To: afraidfortherepublic
When I was a small child, a zoo employee lived near our house. He kept a couple of lion cubs in cages in his back yard, hidden only by a hedge. I can remember peeking through the leaves to look at the lions. I was about 5.
I’m sure that they were secure, but it was scary, nonetheless. I can’t imagine someone being allowed to keep a wild animal like that on a small city lot today.

You are the second FReeper to tell me a "lion" story.
The lions are MAGNIFICENT creatures and I enjoy them a lot on T.V.

My mother, husband and I (while my husband and I were in Saudi Arabia) took a trip to Kenya. We went to NINE of their marvelous game parks.

ONE TRUE STORY, I couldn't make this one up.
We drove up to a pride of lions....mostly females. They were ALL sacked out and ignored us...except for one female. She looked mostly asleep but every few seconds one eye would open, look at us, then close again. She had her EYE on us. She COULD HAVE been up and at us in a FLASH.
Our guide knew these lions and knew JUST how close or far we could be and still keep Mama-Lion quiescent.

WHEW!! I still get sweaty palms when I picture her. She was about 20 feet away ....WAY,WAY,WAY,WAY,WAY,WAY, too close for this city slicker. Wow. There was NOTHING between her and us but a rickety open tourist car. Whew!

YOU still remember the lion from when you were FIVE years old. They DO make an impression, don't they? WHEW!!!

32 posted on 07/25/2014 6:27:43 PM PDT by cloudmountain
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To: Jeff Chandler
Once, when my job once brought me to the zoo just before dawn, I heard lions mating. Those guys are serious about reproducing, I’ll tell you what.

Oh yes.

33 posted on 07/25/2014 6:30:24 PM PDT by cloudmountain
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To: cloudmountain

One summer I worked on a farm, and close to this farm was one of those roadside zoos. Occasionally you would hear them roaring in the evening and early morning, but it was very faint. When a cow died they would put winch it up on the back of a flatbed and haul it down to the zoo and drive right into the lion enclosure, the lions would just jump up on the back and drag it off, pretty cool.

Freegards


34 posted on 07/25/2014 6:37:10 PM PDT by Ransomed
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To: Sacajaweau; ml/nj; ExTexasRedhead; Sun; Eleutheria5; Yaelle; Sarah; Sarah Barracuda; Jewbacca; ...
He wants to immigrate.

Heard he can get meat in USA, have his teeth checked and have an Americano clean up his poo poo everyday.

And provide him a breeding partner through Planned parenthood.

Some of the funniest lines I've ever seen on FR!!!

35 posted on 07/25/2014 7:26:27 PM PDT by justiceseeker93
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To: Gefn
I hope she has a wonderful happy life now.

"How could she not ?"


36 posted on 07/25/2014 9:04:43 PM PDT by UCANSEE2 (Lost my tagline on Flight MH370. Sorry for the inconvenience.)
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To: Sacajaweau; justiceseeker93; sickoflibs; NFHale

They’d probably let him register to vote too.


37 posted on 07/25/2014 9:26:11 PM PDT by Impy (Think for yourself)
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To: UCANSEE2

They say that domesticated cats, the small ones that live with us, were created so mankind could know what it is like to pet a tiger.,

Archer is one lucky dude. I can’t wait for Season Six.


38 posted on 07/25/2014 9:42:07 PM PDT by Gefn ("I am waiting for a rebirth of wonder ")
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To: Perdogg

Well, of course he kept a begal tiger. One never knows when you’ll be attacked by someone weilding fresh fruitl!


39 posted on 07/26/2014 1:56:57 AM PDT by uglybiker (nuh-nuh-nuh-nuh-nuh-nuh-nuh-nuh-nuh-nuh-nuh-nuh-nuh-nuh-nuh-nuh-BATMAN!)
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To: cloudmountain

I hope you’ve seen the movie “Secondhand Lions”. If not, rent it, or buy it on DVD. It’s a wonderful story, suitable for families, and has a memorable lion in it.


40 posted on 07/26/2014 1:59:01 AM PDT by afraidfortherepublic
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