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We’ve heard of people having different types of pets – from dogs and cats to snakes and spiders.
But this girl’s pet is making heads turn everywhere. Her pet? A tiger.
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Yes, a tiger.
What’s more? The girl was spotted casually taking her tiger out for a walk on the streets of Guasava, Sinaloa in Mexico.
A video that was filmed from the inside the truck shows the girl out for a walk with her Bengal tiger on a rope leash.
“Look, crazy Guasave,” said the man behind the camera. “People go out for a walk with a tiger.”
Slowing down for the almost unbelievable sight, the man asks the girl about her father and she indicated that she had another tiger at home…
According to the Federal Attorney for Environmental Protection, “the Bengal tiger [Panthera tigris] is an exotic species listed in Appendix I of the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wildlife and Fauna.”
“Exotic animal owners must obtain approval from the Ministry of the Environment (Semarnat), must prove the animal was born in captivity and that the animal will be confined under conditions that guarantee the safety of the public,” Mexico News Daily shared. “The owner must also show respect to the animal.”
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Although Mexican law does not prohibit the purchase of exotic animals, it does prohibit an individual from taking their pet tiger for a stroll around the neighbourhood.
“Animals cannot be exhibited on the street, they have to be in a confined site because they are exotic and dangerous,” said Guillermo Herrera, a parks and wildlife official in Nuevo León. “The law says that they have to be totally confined with no possibility of escape to guarantee the safety of civil society. The more contact it has with humans, the more dangerous that animal will be.”
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It’s definitely sad to see a tiger out of its natural habitat but we would have been shocked too if we saw this girl casually taking her pet tiger for a walk!
What would you have done if you saw this happen in your neighbourhood? Let us know!
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