# Tiger, tiger, lying dead / Policeman shot him in the head. **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [September 6, 2017, 8:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tiger-tiger-lying-dead-policeman-shot-him-in-the-head/795668 "2017-09-06T20:05:12Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Darren\_Garrison](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/darren_garrison/32/92_2.png) [@Darren\_Garrison](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darren_Garrison)\ **Post date:** [September 6, 2017, 8:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tiger-tiger-lying-dead-policeman-shot-him-in-the-head/795668/1 "2017-09-06T20:05:12Z")
Atlanta is[suffering from an infestation of tigers](http://www.ajc.com/news/traffic/owner-sought-after-tiger-shot-dead-neighborhood-peta-offers-500-reward/k9fiC7yQdqK5mOjEXqjxQL/). (For urban tigers, one counts as an infestation.) ---
**Author:** ![thelurkinghorror](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/7c8e57/32.png) [@thelurkinghorror](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/thelurkinghorror)\ **Post date:** [September 6, 2017, 8:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tiger-tiger-lying-dead-policeman-shot-him-in-the-head/795668/2 "2017-09-06T20:21:54Z")
Tyger Tyger, burning bright, In the suburbs of Atlanta. PETA is remarkably sedate here. I would think they would’ve complained that the police should’ve offered hugs instead. And now there’s a dachshund with an ego the size of a St. Bernard, if it didn’t already have one. ---
**Author:** ![EddyTeddyFreddy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eddyteddyfreddy/32/18796_2.png) [@EddyTeddyFreddy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EddyTeddyFreddy)\ **Post date:** [September 6, 2017, 8:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tiger-tiger-lying-dead-policeman-shot-him-in-the-head/795668/3 "2017-09-06T20:29:32Z")
Poor lonely wandering bewildered predator. Although its predation skills can’t have been very sharp if it couldn’t take down a mere dachshund. Somehow I doubt its owner will be coming forward to claim the corpse. ---
**Author:** ![cochrane](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cochrane/32/10441_2.png) [@cochrane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cochrane)\ **Post date:** [September 6, 2017, 9:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tiger-tiger-lying-dead-policeman-shot-him-in-the-head/795668/4 "2017-09-06T21:00:13Z")
> [@](#): > > Officers later spotted the tiger and alerted animal control officials. > [@](#): > > Suvannee Brownlee, a Hardee’s fast food employee, said she pulled in for work about 4 a.m. when a man told her he spotted a tiger. Tigers should be left striped, as Nature intended. Spots are for leopards. :mad: ---
**Author:** ![VinylTurnip](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/b2d939/32.png) [@VinylTurnip](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/VinylTurnip)\ **Post date:** [September 6, 2017, 9:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tiger-tiger-lying-dead-policeman-shot-him-in-the-head/795668/5 "2017-09-06T21:03:17Z")
Though death befell the escapee, At least it rhymes with ‘symmetry’. ---
**Author:** ![G0sp3l](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/c68b51/32.png) [@G0sp3l](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/G0sp3l)\ **Post date:** [September 6, 2017, 9:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tiger-tiger-lying-dead-policeman-shot-him-in-the-head/795668/6 "2017-09-06T21:24:12Z")
Calvin is gonna be _pissed_! ---
**Author:** ![Senegoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/senegoid/32/6606_2.png) [@Senegoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Senegoid)\ **Post date:** [September 6, 2017, 10:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tiger-tiger-lying-dead-policeman-shot-him-in-the-head/795668/7 "2017-09-06T22:39:51Z")
Who’s afraid of a cute li’l orange-and-black pussycat? A tiger is just big pussy that eats you. ---
**Author:** ![muldoonthief](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/muldoonthief/32/3188_2.png) [@muldoonthief](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/muldoonthief)\ **Post date:** [September 7, 2017, 12:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tiger-tiger-lying-dead-policeman-shot-him-in-the-head/795668/8 "2017-09-07T12:39:11Z")
> [@VinylTurnip](#): > > Though death befell the escapee, > At least it rhymes with ‘symmetry’. You are a goddamn genius. ---
**Author:** ![bobkitty](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/c67d28/32.png) [@bobkitty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bobkitty)\ **Post date:** [September 7, 2017, 4:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tiger-tiger-lying-dead-policeman-shot-him-in-the-head/795668/9 "2017-09-07T16:05:43Z")
> [@EddyTeddyFreddy](#): > > Somehow I doubt its owner will be coming forward to claim the corpse. Owner came forward; it was an escaped former performing tiger from Ringling Brothers, who was being transported from Florida to Tennessee to begin its new life as a performer in a German circus. Transport company states they have no idea how it got loose. ---
**Author:** ![EddyTeddyFreddy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eddyteddyfreddy/32/18796_2.png) [@EddyTeddyFreddy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EddyTeddyFreddy)\ **Post date:** [September 7, 2017, 4:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tiger-tiger-lying-dead-policeman-shot-him-in-the-head/795668/10 "2017-09-07T16:06:13Z")
> [@EddyTeddyFreddy](#): > > Poor lonely wandering bewildered predator. Although its predation skills can’t have been very sharp if it couldn’t take down a mere dachshund. > > Somehow I doubt its owner will be coming forward to claim the corpse. Welp, I was wrong – the owner has come forward. Turns out six-year-old Suzy, a circus tiger, somehow escaped during an overnight stop in transport from Tampa, Florida to Memphis, Tennessee. [CNN story](http://www.cnn.com/2017/09/06/us/tiger-attacks-dog-trnd/index.html) (warning: autoplay) ---
**Author:** ![cochrane](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cochrane/32/10441_2.png) [@cochrane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cochrane)\ **Post date:** [September 7, 2017, 5:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tiger-tiger-lying-dead-policeman-shot-him-in-the-head/795668/11 "2017-09-07T17:38:39Z")
> [@bobkitty](#): > > Owner came forward; it was an escaped former performing tiger from Ringling Brothers, who was being transported from Florida to Tennessee to begin its new life as a performer in a German circus. Transport company states they have no idea how it got loose. IMO the tiger should have been sent to a sanctuary where it could have lived its life out in comfort. I don’t know if death might have been preferable. ---
**Author:** ![Doctor\_Jackson](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/doctor_jackson/32/32_2.png) [@Doctor\_Jackson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Doctor_Jackson)\ **Post date:** [September 7, 2017, 6:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tiger-tiger-lying-dead-policeman-shot-him-in-the-head/795668/12 "2017-09-07T18:16:47Z")
At first no one was really concerned until one exceptionally bright University of GA fan realized that they don’t play Auburn until November… ---
**Author:** ![Lemur866](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lemur866/32/434_2.png) [@Lemur866](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lemur866)\ **Post date:** [September 7, 2017, 6:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tiger-tiger-lying-dead-policeman-shot-him-in-the-head/795668/13 "2017-09-07T18:35:14Z")
While it’s sad that a tiger died, the fact is that captive tigers are a dime a dozen. Or rather, that you can’t even give them away. Big cats breed well in captivity and produce several cubs. The reason tigers are endangered is that there isn’t enough wild habitat for them, not because each individual tiger is a precious jewel. Captive big cats are very expensive to house and feed and care for, and there are a lot of them, so every place that can care for captive big cats already has as many as they can handle. Just like in the wild, the limiting factor is habitat for captive big cats. ---
**Author:** ![Loach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/loach/32/350_2.png) [@Loach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Loach)\ **Post date:** [September 7, 2017, 6:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tiger-tiger-lying-dead-policeman-shot-him-in-the-head/795668/14 "2017-09-07T18:36:58Z")
Last week I was sent on a call for a possible baby lion in someone’s front yard. Turned out to be a fox but it’s the thought that counts. ---
**Author:** ![Darren\_Garrison](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/darren_garrison/32/92_2.png) [@Darren\_Garrison](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darren_Garrison)\ **Post date:** [September 7, 2017, 7:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tiger-tiger-lying-dead-policeman-shot-him-in-the-head/795668/15 "2017-09-07T19:08:47Z")
> [@Loach](#): > > Last week I was sent on a call for a possible baby lion in someone’s front yard. Turned out to be a fox but it’s the thought that counts. One of my favorite pieces of correspondence from the ancient world involved [a lion in an attic](http://www.anecdotesfromantiquity.com/an-asiatic-lion-in-the-loft/). (Full book PDF [here](https://oi.uchicago.edu/sites/oi.uchicago.edu/files/uploads/shared/docs/letters_from_mesopotamia.pdf)–this letter is on page 118.) ---
**Author:** ![Trancephalic](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/trancephalic/32/380_2.png) [@Trancephalic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Trancephalic)\ **Post date:** [September 7, 2017, 7:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tiger-tiger-lying-dead-policeman-shot-him-in-the-head/795668/16 "2017-09-07T19:47:13Z")
Yeah, those belong in wardrobes ---
**Author:** ![Spiderman](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spiderman/32/230_2.png) [@Spiderman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spiderman)\ **Post date:** [September 7, 2017, 7:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tiger-tiger-lying-dead-policeman-shot-him-in-the-head/795668/17 "2017-09-07T19:57:01Z")
> [@Loach](#): > > Last week I was sent on a call for a possible baby lion in someone’s front yard. Turned out to be a fox but it’s the thought that counts. Some sightings are more [real](https://i.pinimg.com/736x/a3/c6/ef/a3c6efc4ae896f129323be0a8699f05b--funny-pics-funny-stuff.jpg) than others & can be downright [scary](https://i.pinimg.com/736x/4a/52/05/4a520561c9b7ad212aea57e92308440e--lion-costumes-lion-costume-for-dog.jpg). ---
**Author:** ![G0sp3l](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/c68b51/32.png) [@G0sp3l](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/G0sp3l)\ **Post date:** [September 7, 2017, 8:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tiger-tiger-lying-dead-policeman-shot-him-in-the-head/795668/18 "2017-09-07T20:51:47Z")
> [@Trancephalic](#): > > Yeah, those belong in wardrobes 😛 ---
**Author:** ![Lemur866](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lemur866/32/434_2.png) [@Lemur866](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lemur866)\ **Post date:** [September 7, 2017, 9:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tiger-tiger-lying-dead-policeman-shot-him-in-the-head/795668/19 "2017-09-07T21:06:19Z")
> [@Senegoid](#): > > A tiger is just big pussy that eats you. What a country! ---
**Author:** ![Gatopescado](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gatopescado/32/5711_2.png) [@Gatopescado](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gatopescado)\ **Post date:** [September 8, 2017, 9:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tiger-tiger-lying-dead-policeman-shot-him-in-the-head/795668/20 "2017-09-08T21:58:17Z")
> [@thelurkinghorror](#): > > And now there’s a dachshund with an ego the size of a St. Bernard, if it didn’t already have one. I can assure you he already had it. That is a _feature_ of The Dachshund. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tiger-tiger-lying-dead-policeman-shot-him-in-the-head/795668.md?page=2)