Lions and Tigers and Bears, Dear Lord!

I know that the timing of Roy Horn ("Siegfried & Roy") getting mauled by his tiger and the guy in Harlem getting bit by his tiger are just a coincidence, but how weird?!?

The Harlem guy, Antoine Yates, is quite insane. He was trying to "create a Garden of Eden". The tiger was like a brother, his "only friend, really". Yeah, well, buddy, that brotherly friend ate a huge chunk of your leg! Yates checked himself into the hospital in NYC and said a rottweiler bit him. He got paranoid and left the hospital and fled to his family in Philadelphia. Where they all moved, AWAY FROM HIM and his Garden of Eden.

Here's the tiger in the Garden of Eden's kitchen. Sure does look lush in there.

How does one attain a tiger and an alligator? And 2 bear cubs, apparently. Is the black market on the internet? I need to know!

Comments

[ChgoRed]

Unfortunately, there is a thriving black market for exotic animals. That's most likely where he got his. A guy who knows a guy--that kind of thing.

http://www.hsus.org/ace/19518

[erika]

Thanks for the link!

It's totally crazy that you don't need a license or special training. All you need is money and to know the right people. Then you, too, can create your own Garden of Eden in a one bedroom apartment in Harlem.