Reply #49: I've read through all the replies thus far

[FlaGranny]

and one thing in particular strikes me. Some of the posters have been a little outraged at the fact that "white tigers" are an endangered species. Actually, all tigers are, not just whites. I haven't really been following all the discussion on the attack closely, but are you are all aware that Siegfried and Roy DO have a sanctuary where they breed tigers, keeping alive gene pools that probably otherwise would fade away? I'm not certain I agree with using tigers for entertainment, but these are tigers that would not otherwise exist, and every single one of them has been hand raised by those two entertainers. They probably would not trust any tiger on the stage if it were not for hand raising them themselves. If remember correctly, this in a documentary on Animal Planet or TLC or a similar network.