This news story caught my eye.
NY tiger owner's case thrown out
A New Yorker who was mauled by his pet tiger has failed in his bid to sue after police searched his flat without a warrant.
The judge said Antoine Yates had been audacious to claim his rights had been violated in the October 2003 search - which also uncovered an alligator.
He said police had acted "reasonably" in removing the 450lb (204kg) tiger from Yates's fifth-floor flat.
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In his lawsuit against the city, filed the same year he was jailed, Yates said police had violated his constitutional rights by entering his flat without a warrant.
He also claimed that $7,000 in cash, $30,000 in jewellery and a brown pet rabbit were missing when he returned home.
Police were alerted to the presence of the 10-foot-long (3m) tiger after Yates sought hospital treatment for deep bites.
Although he claimed they had been inflicted by a pit bull dog, neighbours told police about the big cat roaming his apartment, in breach of city regulations.
The thing that gets me is that he lived in a fifth-floor apartment.
This was the judge's response:
Judge Stein added: "The whereabouts of the rabbit has not been ascertained, but there is no indication that Al the alligator was questioned in that regard.
"The court suggests he may be more knowledgeable on this issue than he disgorged to date."
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