Tiger and Piglets.

1. Julie
   June 2nd, 2006 at 11:48 am

   Hey, this is a tourist gimmick and the animals live in horrible living conditions. I received an e-mail similiar to this: http://urbanlegends.about.com/library/bl_tiger_and_piglets.htm

   Check out these sites: http://www.awionline.org/pubs/quarterly/05%5F54%5F1/541p1011.htm
   http://www.bornfree.org.uk/zoocheck/zcnews040501.shtml

2. Loopy Loo
   June 2nd, 2006 at 12:19 pm

   Too cute!

3. Alex
   June 3rd, 2006 at 12:45 pm

   That is sad, Julie. Thanks for the links!

4. Loopy Loo
   June 3rd, 2006 at 4:07 pm

   ok, well now i feel like an idiot for writing 'Too cute!' i didn't see the comment and links Julie had posted.

5. Katster
   October 10th, 2007 at 11:26 pm

   Loopy Loo - you are NOT an idiot. It IS cute and it is not a bad thing. It is good that all these animals are happy together! It does not matter if tourists happen to like seeing cross-species, that is a GOOD thing. It enables the zoo to better care for the animals.. And, if I may risk being a bit sentimental, maybe it suggests that we, humans, might be able to get along a bit more, despite differences...

   Not sure why Julie is so critical about this situation, everyone is safe and happy. There are a lot of unhappy endings to animal stories... maybe she should devout her studies toward those... like the millions of cats and dogs put down in this BIG FAT SELFISH country of ours.

   There is nothing wrong with finding this story cute or enchanting, because it is both. You are just a tender-hearted sweet animal lover.. and that is NOT IDIOT!!!

6. The Dude
   February 22nd, 2008 at 3:45 am

   Kaster, If you would do a bit more of research you would find out that these cute tigers are put to sleep and sold in China for their body parts in traditional medicine. These people do comemrcial breeding while the wild counterparts of these tigers will become extinct within the first half of this century. The other tigers in the zoo balance on ropes and get beaten if they don't.

7. Brooks
   February 25th, 2009 at 6:44 pm

   Ass

8. Brooks
   February 25th, 2009 at 6:45 pm

   Hi pigs ass

9. Brooks
   February 25th, 2009 at 6:46 pm

   Hi

10. jordygirl
    May 27th, 2009 at 11:21 pm

    um these pics r soo cute and that is sad wat julie said. !!um i was just looking at piglets on google and i found this and im glad i did! soo wat is everybody doin? lol

11. jordygirl
    May 27th, 2009 at 11:22 pm

    hi again im bored tee hee!!

12. jordygirl
    June 12th, 2009 at 8:01 pm

    come on someone write a comment PLZ

13. jordygirl
    September 3rd, 2009 at 9:35 pm

    ugh

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