Ok, like, what is going on hyur? Are these stories, like, uh, related?

[BurtWorm]

(You have to imagine the subject spoken by Hillary on Fresh Prince of Bel-Air. Don't ask why, please.)

http://www.nytimes.com/aponline/national/AP-Rescued-Tigers.html


February 23, 2005
Man Charged After Tiger Carcasses Found
By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

Filed at 12:51 p.m. ET

RIVERSIDE, Calif. (AP) -- A self-proclaimed animal rescuer was convicted of animal cruelty after investigators raided his compound and found dead tiger cubs stored in a freezer and dozens of tiger carcasses strewn about the property.

John Weinhart, 62, was found guilty Tuesday on 56 of 61 charges, including animal cruelty and child endangerment. He could face more than 14 years in prison when he is sentenced March 22.

Weinhart was arrested following an April 2003 raid on his property in Riverside County, where state fish and game officials had been told he was keeping two young tigers and two alligators without permits.

Investigators allegedly found 11 newborn tiger and leopard cubs living in an attic space, 58 frozen tiger cub carcasses and the rotting or mummified carcasses of at least 30 exotic cats scattered around the property, some tied to abandoned cars.


http://www.nytimes.com/aponline/national/AP-Big-Cat.html?pagewanted=print&position=

Tiger Shot, Killed Near Reagan Library
By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

Filed at 12:43 p.m. ET

MOORPARK, Calif. (AP) -- Authorities shot and killed a tiger Wednesday that had been roaming for days in the hills near the Ronald Reagan Presidential Library.

The cat was shot several hundred yards from school soccer and baseball fields at the edge of a housing development, said Lorna Bernard, a spokeswoman for the California Department of Fish and Game. Authorities still don't know who the owner is.

``It's unfortunate that we had to kill it,'' Bernard said. ``It's even more unfortunate that the person who owned it didn't come forward and alert us immediately. We might have been able to capture it.''

The hunters had been looking for the animal for eight days, using infrared equipment at night. They had set traps with goat meat and chicken.