Update on Tuesday's post:

This story actually creeps me out; so the tiger is dead, shot by a wildlife officer when the cat allegedly lunged at him. Steve Sipek, the cat's owner who previously played Tarzan in a series of films, was on TV after the shooting, wearing a blood drenched shirt, complaining that the killing was unjust and uncalled for.

Yesterday, hundreds of supporters gathered for a candle light vigil at the actor's house. According to reports, mourners shouted things like "Save a tiger, shoot a wildlife officer." And apparently some would like to, the officer who shot the cat has received death threats.

As an environmentalist, animal sympathizer and one-time vegetarian, I think this is just nuts. It's also embarrassing and sets back the larger effort for animal "rights." Clearly, the problem is that he should not have been keeping the tiger in the first place and sure as heck should have kept it from getting loose into the community.

In related news, a woman who offered use of her pig as bait, to lure the tiger back to it's cage, has been charged with animal cruelty because she transported the pig in her trunk.