Tiger, crocodilian removed from Harlem apartment

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Tiger, crocodilian removed from Harlem apartment,

Other residents say they had never seen big cat before

Saturday, October 4, 2003 Posted: 9:13 PM EDT (0113 GMT)

NEW YORK (CNN) -- Police sedated and removed a two-year-old, 400-pound Bengal tiger Saturday evening that was living surreptitiously in an Harlem apartment building -- only to find a 3-foot-long, 280-pound caiman, a crocodile-like creature, in the same apartment.

The 21-story building was evacuated Saturday after the discovery of the tiger. By early evening, the big cat had been sedated with tranquilizer darts, removed from the building, and placed in a big cage. Police then found the caiman and removed it as well.

Antoine Yates, the apartment's tenant and the owner of the animals, showed up at a hospital Friday night after having been mauled, New York Police Commissioner Ray Kelly said.

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Some animals just shouldn't be made pets of.

[Kryso]

Knowing the laws, he will simply be fined, a slap on the wrist, and still be able to go out next week and buy and Indian Elephant!

[Halo_Jones]

Saw this in the newspaper this morning and couldn't beleive it!!! How come none of his neighbours reported him? Surely someone would of heard the animals. And what on earth was the guy thinking keeping a tiger in a flat anyway? How on earth did the poor animal get any excersie? The stupidity and just plain cruelness of some people amazes me.

[Cufflink]

People's capacity for cruelty to animals never ceases to amaze me.

[Kryso]

It took place in an New York Harlem apartment building, so I supposes they try not to take to much notice of the funny sounds originating from next door, just in case the neighbour starts taking too much notice in them! If you get my drift.

Or as the saying always goes when the police arrive: “I saw and heard nothing."

[Agent_21]

The phrase beyond belief comes to me.