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This is a really interesting article. In my town you can't have monkeys or any kind of primate, and I've always wished they'd change that rule. But keeping a 600-pound tiger in your house as a pet? Hmm... ***** Exotic pets growing more accessible in USA Fri Dec 6,10:10 AM ET By Tom Vanden Brook, USA TODAY There are as many tigers kept as pets in the United States as there are living in the wild, prompting calls for a stop to the importing of the big cats. There are about 10,000 wild cats in private hands nationwide, and about 5,000 of those are tigers, the same number believed to be in the wild around the world. About a dozen states ban owning exotic pets. Bills to bar the interstate sale of lions, tigers and bears as pets died at the end of this year's session of Congress. Rep. George Miller, D-Calif., who sponsored the House version of the bill, says he'll reintroduce it after the new Congress convenes in January. Right now, it's relatively cheap and easy to buy a big cat. In the USA, a tiger cub reportedly can be had for $350 -- about the price of a purebred puppy. Conservationists also have heard of roadside stands peddling tiger cubs for $50 each. Last year a 250-pound pet tiger kitten in Texas dragged a 3-year-old boy to death. The tiger grabbed the youngster by the foot and fled. The boy's head struck several objects, and the tiger released him only after it was beaten. The boy had been brought near the animal to have his photograph taken....
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