E-mail: “Mr. Lowry: Private ownership of tigers is a GREAT idea for a variety of reasons. The gene pool, for starters. “Domesticated” tigers are statistically more likely to eat people who think having tigers in their home is a good idea; the last crop of people who thought that, were culled sometime in the Ice Age. Time for some routine maintenance of the species, here. The libertarian argument: if you can afford a freakin’ tiger, it’s your business. The environmentalist argument: anything which makes tigers more valuable to people enhances the survival chances of an endangered species. This will be a LEGACY (see, I did it!) for The Children! (At least, the uneaten children.) Finally, the Second Amendment argument: if you allow my neighbor to own a tiger, it’s an EXCELLENT argument for me to employ as I explain my own desire for a large-caliber weapon.”