I know it's dangerous but is it legal?
2007-01-13 07:48:18 · 24 answers · asked by admiralsmurf 1 in Pets ➔ Other - Pets
You have to apply for a licence under the Dangerous Wild Animals Act 1976 if you want to own a tiger.
But you have got more chance of winning the lottery than been given a licence.
(UK)
2007-01-13 07:53:31 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 4⤊ 0⤋
not legal in 99% of states unless you have permits for research or education. In Ohio it might be legal b/c you can have pretty much anything there for some reason. The chemical immobization team in Madison, WI (who you call when a dangerous animal gets loose and you don't want to just use a gun) gets called there how the time.
Why would you want one? It is not even safe for professional big cat trainers- they get mauled all the time. We have some bottle fed tigers at the zoo- were fine with people until about 3-6 months. Then started getting too big and dangerous. The calmest male (which we kept) will still have fun every once and a while and try to swipe through the fence and get the keepers- it is a chain link type- but he can still do it b/c his claws are so long. He has bowed the fence- and we need to replace it every couple years- it is the top of the line- you can pretty much stand on the top of the fence and it won't bow- but he can bend it.
You can find someone to sell you something anywhere. If you want a tiger, it wouldn't be hard to find one for $15,000 or so illegally, and probably with poor nutrition.
They are awesome creatures, but please respect them from a distance.
2007-01-13 08:01:54 · answer #2 · answered by D 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Every City and State have their own set of rule pertaining to owning exotic pets. Check with your local court house.
It is dangerouse, and its also inhumane to keep a pet Tiger. People can not provide them enough territory (unless you have an animal preserve or zoo) to provide them with enough enviromental stimulation.
People who keep them as pets also screw up their diet all the time, usually causing them to be fatally ill. Many times when they do get ill it will be extreemly difficult to find a vet who will see your pet tiger.
The legal liabilities are a whole other ball game, if your tiger bites some one, attacks someone or even worse kills some one you will be charged the same as if you shot someone (of course every state is different and some have more sevier penalites).
Many times the novelty of owning a pet tiger wears off after the amount of money, time and effort of caring for a tiger sets in, and people don't know what to do with it. Many zoo and animal santuaries are full and don't take prior pets into their establishments, so ultimately the animal is sold to the highest bidder or another private person. 9 times out of 10 these people are in a hunting ring where they chain the animal up in their back yard, and sell rights to shoot the and kill the animal. They pose with their kill and get your once pet tiger stuffed and put up in their house.
The Tiger is a solitary animal by nature only seeking the companionship of another tiger for mating. Every other animals that is percieved as a potential mate is considered a rival or meal which they are designed by nature to kill. Their instint is overwhelming and it cant be dampered or trained out of them, it will always be there.
So please be responsible, enjoy tigers in the wild as they were intended, or in a zoo, but not in your back yard (or garage). They are wild animals not pets.
2007-01-13 08:21:29 · answer #3 · answered by Krazee about my pets! 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
where ever u r.
u'll need a permit.
import papers and legal documentation at the very least.
i'm not sure owning, keeping or enclosing a tiger is a good idea.
hardly going 2 b much fun 4 the tiger, is it?
go buy a dog like every1 else.
u get a pitbull.
bit like a tiger and much more fun!
2007-01-13 07:54:54 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋
I think it depends on which state you live in. I know that in Texas it isn't illegal, and for that reason, I have heard said, there are more big cats in Texas than there are in their natural habitats. There are several rescues just around my area that rescue these cats that people got thinking they would make wonderful, cool, and impressive pets, but didn't realize the habitat, diet, and intellectual needs of such amazing creatures, thus the animals were neglected, escaped, unhealthy, or just dumped in the wild to get rid of them. Please consider just donating to a local big cat rescue so that they can provide the appropriate environment, nutritional and medical needs they need. On your own, it is very hard to take good care of such an animal in captivity.
2007-01-13 07:53:52 · answer #5 · answered by Lauren M 4 · 2⤊ 0⤋
No it's not. If you've ever watched 'Growing Up Tiger' on Animal Planet, they have tigers but you do have to have certain licenses and a reason to have one. I don't think you can have one 'just because.
2007-01-13 07:56:40 · answer #6 · answered by Kitty 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes, in the UK it's illegal. But there are states in the US where it's legal.
Surprisingly, there are more tigers in the US than anywhere else - it's estimated at 12,000, whereas there are no more than 7,500 in the wild.
2007-01-13 07:55:38 · answer #7 · answered by The Truth 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
U have 2 have a licence which cost a lot thousands of dollars and have to live in a very very spacios area
2007-01-13 12:35:18 · answer #8 · answered by Sar' bear 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It would depend upon which country you are refering to. It would be much easier in some of america. In the uk, I would imagine if you could at all then you would require a license which would be extremly difficult to get
2007-01-13 08:22:04 · answer #9 · answered by MyNutmeg 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No it is not you would have to be registered there is a lot of laws on keeping a dangerous animal
2007-01-13 07:52:56 · answer #10 · answered by Bernie c 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋