Do Tigers Like Pre-War or Post-War Apartments?

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Even though it's been more than six months when we first heard about this story, New Yorkers cannot get enough of hearing about Antoine Yates and Ming, the tiger he kept in his Harlem apartment. The Post reports that Ming has been put in "solitary confinement" at the Ohio animal sanctuary he's been living in, because he hasn't been getting along with the other tigers. Yates, who was charged with reckless endangerment, said, "In Harlem, he had five bedrooms, two baths, a kitchen and a living room." So maybe the 15' by 15' pen at the animal sanctuary isn't that great - fine. But Gothamist, wannabe tigerologist, is pretty sure that an apartment isn't ideal either, given tigers are wild animals.

Also, seeing this photo of Yates holding a stuffed tiger around convinces us that he's going to be shopping around a cartoon about his Harlem apartment full of tigers, aligator, other animals, and humans to Spike or Fuse.

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Does anybody know what happened to the (little) cat that Ming was apparently going to attack when Antoine intervened last fall? Perhaps I shouldn't ask, but I wonder about that little cat.

I just saw "Two Brothers" - the live action tiger flic by French director Jean-Jacques Annaud. Very cute and cuddly, and Guy Pearce is pretty dreamy. According to IMDB, it opens on June 25 in the US.

cute tiger cub clips on:
http://www.deuxfreres.com

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I assume animal control took the little cat. Really, there are so many aspects to this story. What about Al the Alligator? What about the other pets?

heck, what about the 5 bedroom apartment?

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