"The Tiger Next Door" (tiger documentary) - a film about private ownership of wild animals

[Weloveanimals4565]

I hate what this guy does, but know I want to see this movie!!!

[littlesongbird1]

@Weloveanimals4565 I saw the shortened version. If you have netflix you can rent the full one. I wrote my thesis on "US Legislature on Endangered Species as Exotic Pets". It was very interesting and appalling but since I have written it there have been a lot of changes made in the laws. (Not thanks to me, I mean thanks to current events, I wrote that thesis paper just a couple of years after the Harlem Tiger).

Plus this guy is just one example of many people across the country.

[DogsneedpIeasuretoo]

Hmmm, they are being born and breed in captivity, they can't be set in the wild, this is how all human domestic animals came to exist. If the guy where stealing tiger from the wild I wold have a problem with him, but he is not doing that, though it sucks that he don't take care proper care of them (which is good that he lost his ownership rights)

PS: People is free to chose what ever pets they want to have, even if they may die some day to those pets, you can't make that choice for them.

[littlesongbird1]

@DogsneedpIeasuretoo Learn grammar.

Is it fair to be breeding these animals and selling them for money? Is it fair to take an wild animal (a tiger is never tame!) and try to make it go against it's nature and instinct?

There are tiger mills the same way there are puppy mills! Most of these breeders are former drug dealers who go into because it's just as much money and less legal problems!

[DogsneedpIeasuretoo]

@littlesongbird1

Where I made grammar mistakes?

Mills = Bad, I don't support that.

So what if they where drug dealers? Drugs should not be illegal in the first place.

Some times mom tiger dies by accident or human self defense and then you find cubs, that is how some of them end up in zoos and then get breed and make more and more, I don't think is bad if you breed the ones that are already in captivity. (leave the wild ones alone)

[littlesongbird1]

@DogsneedpIeasuretoo "People are" not "people is". Most drug dealers are not people just trying to make ends meet some are in facf I suspect the man in documentary did it out of desperation to feed his tigers but most are scum who don't care about anyone but themselves.

Also you must be on drugs if you think that there are any tigers in captivity because the mom died in the wild.

I support ethical zoos but not private ownership with tigers as pets. Look at Mike Tyson and Paris Hilton.

[DogsneedpIeasuretoo]

@littlesongbird1

That was just an example, I know there are tigers that get used to living near humans and they become a danger to them, to pets, to farm animals, etc, is either kill them or lock them in a zoo. And I know is wrong that humans are destroying the environment, but I'm sure you agree is better to have them lock than death.

what about Mike Tyson and Paris Hilton?

PS: I don't know much about this subject.

[littlesongbird1]

@DogsneedpIeasuretoo I can tell. I know quite a bit so maybe you should educfate yourself. Both of those people owned tigers and they were neglected and they have quite a bit of money.

If we weren't breeding these animals to be sold as pets we would not have this problem.

[tcook0523]

Agreed.

[juan44ist]

In the first place these tigers deserve to be in the wild not lock up in a cage they are like prisoners in the hole poor tigers.

[juan44ist]

wat a disgrase u mean to tell me u can kill a deer or cow and feed it to a tiger but u cant kill a tiger that actually kills people. Im not hating just saying cmon I rather raise a harmless deer that don't kill human beings instead of having a tiger that gets feed innocent deers cows watever .

[kapampanganpride]

@juan44ist well you know, a lot of americans are dumb asses! I feel the same, it doesn't make any sense to me, why would they care more about these wild animals than any harmless animals and/or humans.

[Medusa0999]

My feelings ; I am not strictly against people owning exotic animals. However the authorities should check on the living conditions every number of weeks to make sure that the animal is happy, living conditions are good and no one is at risk. I also think they should check conditions before the owner gets or has just gotten the animal. If the animals are well looked after, happy and healthy i have no issue. However most aren't.

[lemurdue]

@Medusa0999

The only solution is an outright ban. Big cats are not only a danger to their owners, but to their neighbors and family as well. There's such an overpopulation of tigers in the US that the rescues are full, leaving most of these creatures to face death either by a needle, by the cops or a canned hunt.

[SebasCine]

damn they re huge

[Fleefles]

Not all owners of exotic animals abuse them. If some person with money wants to turn their property into a tiger enclosure, why not let them? More people are killed and maimed by German Shepherds every year than exotic pets. There are more tigers in the hands of private citizens than there are tigers in the wild. The continual assault against private tiger ownership and tiger farms by AR groups is going to make them extinct.

[lemurdue]

@Fleefles

BS argument. You cannot compare dogs to tigers because there are over 70 million dogs in America and just around 15,000 tigers. It's not the killing of people that's the problem, more often, it's the tiger themselves that are killed, either by their owners or by authorities. The exotic pet lobby also doesn't bother to mention the sheer number of people injured by captive big cats.

Also, the tigers bred in captivity are useless for conservation. They are mostly mixed tigers.

[4unanu]

@lemurdue Actually the world pop. of tigers is 5,000(year 2006) down to 3,200(year 2010).

First of all lets tackle the concept of "white Tigers". They are inbred, meaning brother with sister. The first white tiger was found in india. She was bred with a normal tiger. When she had her first cubs they had a regular coat. So, these sick people bred one of the male cubs with its mother and long behold, white cubs were born.

Tigers kill humans. They do so when humans interfere

[lemurdue]

@4unanu

The wild population might be around 5,000, but that's dwarfed by the figures held in captivity by zoos and private owners. In the US alone, the estimates are around 15,000 tigers. They don't have much of a life though and cannot be introduced to wild populations because they're hybrid tigers. Hybrid tigers are useless for conservation efforts, and are referred to as "generic tigers."

"Generic tigers" are the ones that wind up in rescues (if luck) or are sold for "canned hunts."

[littlesongbird1]

@Fleefles Paris Hilton and Mike Tyson have money but they couldn't (or wouldn't) take care of their tigers.

[RadRosa89]

The way I see it, if you have to chain and animal up and lock it up in a cage because it would rip you to shreads if it was loose, then you shouldn't even have it anyways. Keep them in the wild.

[CutieHoney13]

@RadRosa89 Very well said :)

[RadRosa89]

@CutieHoney13 thank you very much! (:

[Paradise43]

I wonder if the tigers are having FUN? I didn't have fun watching those cats in those conditions. It breaks my heart. The cats deserve better. Hill may be peaceful, but he is thinking is warped. Hill owning and breeding his cats is purely for monetary gain. He doesn't seem reputable and any hillbilly can obviously purchase his cats. The cats lack stimulation and are suffering. They deserve more space and FREEDOM from the fenced in cage they live within. Don't condone the neglect of big cats.

[chubs211]

Everyone should probibly watch this movie before adding opinions. Duh . I lived across the river from this man less than a mile away. He is a very peaceful man who would do everything he could for these animals. Everyone has a past and i'm sorry if yours was spent watching others have fun. And saying how bad they are. It's to bad that strangers have the power to come and steal someones loved ones.Best of luck to dennis on all further conquests.And to anyone with something bad to say keep talking

[TheSolaceDream]

@chubs211 i never belived this guy was bad in the first place all these people who are pushing to ban private exotic pet ownership are signing those animals death warrents if you ask me they are the abusive ones. Not dennis hill.

[rrrina]

Disgraceful. Treats them "like his own kids?" Would he sell his own children? What an idiot. Disgusting. Tigers and ALL WILD ANIMALS belong in the WILD, not to be exploited and abused for profit. Shame on Dennis Hill.

[CutieHoney13]

@rrrina I think he has a deathwish like Timothy Treadwell.

[sammanns]

Until We Humans end our domination over animals and see them as the sentient individuals that they are. Nasty humans like this will always exist. They are out there every where.

[becloudy]

Looks very interesting! Can't wait to see it at the M. Mead's festival.

[Rynadrin]

I live near this scum-sucker, he's a delusional meth-cook who is has repeatedly been imprisoned for cooking, selling and using meth. The state of Indiana repeatedly removes his cats due to abuse and inhumane conditions. The Exotic Feline Rescue Center in Center Point IN has dozens of his former cats - one of which this man had so severely inbred, her retinas were not attached and she is totally blind! He should be in prison for this travesty, not still allowed to have cats!

[csemcer68]

That's very sad to hear. In the trailer it seems like he loves his cats but if he loved them he would be treating them better. Look at his disgusting, filthy house you see when they are feeding the cubs in one scene. That's no place for an animal or a human to live. He needs to be shut down. Thank you to The rescue group who takes his cats instead of euthenizing them.

[andrewtarekrussell]

This looks amazing. Very controversial--we don't even know how controversial it really is.

[killians57]

This is so wrong on so many levels,sorry,tis how I feel.

[scnightowl]

Thank you Ms Calamandreis. Here in the U.S. we all grow up being taught it is okay to go see the tigers at the zoo and the carnival. It was life-changing for me to learn the truth about the exotic animal trade. The key to saving tigers and other endangered is through education. By presenting this film, you are reaching a lot of people who will have their eyes opened at last. Thank you!

[ssdarling1]

This is an eye opening and compelling piece of work. It demonstrates the power of a good documentary to educate, inform and present all sides of often complex but hidden issues. Ms. Calamandreis effort exposes man's bizarre fixation with the tiger (love, wonderment, caring and control). Tiger's conjure visions of Africa or jungles; however who would have ever thought that such a large population and potential problem existed right in our own back yard here in the USA?

[sippy1733]

An excellent documentary and very well done. It made me see things that I hadn't given very much thought to. It not only brought things to mind...it made me stop and think. Hats off to alll involved with this film.

[briczar22]

A very well done documentary about the captive tiger in the US. It lets you see inside the exotic owner world and lets you form your own opinion.