re: Mike the Tiger - what’s going on?

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Would you rather live in a cage or be free to roam where you wanted???

Its a stupid assessment.

But yes, I understand this Tiger is very well taken care of and probably couldnt survive in the wild.

Its all good, but being free is ALWAYS "better"

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That's a nice concept and all, but this isn't 1880. People are encroaching on the tiger's natural habitats and that will only worsen.

And please note, this isn't just any animal... it's not like a gray squirrel that can integrate into human areas. I't not like deer, that can survive fairly harmlessly in areas near to human areas. It's an animal that covers a broad area, that will actively hunt, kill and eat a human.

The choice we're probably going to see in a couple lifetimes is to keep these animals in captivity (oh, the horror), or to read about them on extinction lists. People are going to eliminate their areas.