Technically, they're not sedated (e.g., with valium), but they're often given anti-anxiety or anti-depression medications. It's a minor but important distinction. Sedating the tiger would make it completely inactive and uninteresting to the viewing public.
Tigers in the wild have a territory that can be as large as 5 to 30 square miles. They have a deep instinct to acquire, patrol and defend that territory. Even in a large nice-looking zoo exhibit, tigers often feel confined and get anxious. Normal cat behaviors become accentuated as their need to roam is suppressed. For example, "excessive grooming" is a common problem. Normal cats groom themselves to stay clean. An anxious or depressed cat will groom itself excessively to the point that it licks all the hair off large spots on its body (making it unpresentable to the public). Sometimes large cats will pace incessantly in a small section of what appear to be a large exhibit. The animal feels penned in and engages in neurotic behavior such a constant pacing or pawing and digging. Or sometimes they become depressed and just sit around and sulk. These problems are often treated with anti-anxiety or anti-depressant medications.
Big cats are not happy when they're confined, even in what looks like a nice environment to you and me.
I love Tigers.It saddens me that they have to go crazy in captivity or be killed to the point of near extinction by poachers in the wild
I know you like Intrade because it has your guy in the lead...
No,I like Intrade because they called the 2004,2008,2010,Wisconsin recall election etc better then anyone else
I like Intrade in political elections even when they don't have my partys guy in the lead . Intrade didn't have my partys guy in the Scott Walker election which is why you wont find any posts from me saying Walker would lose or Barret would win
No,I like Intrade because they called the 2004,2008,2010,Wisconsin recall election etc better then anyone else
I like Intrade in political elections even when they don't have my partys guy in the lead . Intrade didn't have my partys guy in the Scott Walker election which is why you wont find any posts from me saying Walker would lose or Barret would win
whoa... with respect to walker a reasonable / credible / good argument.
plus 1 for the other team.
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WASHINGTON — President Obama's sharp turn to the offensive against GOP challenger Mitt Romney last month came at a steep cost: nearly $58 million.
That's how much the president's reelection campaign burned through in June as it pounded Romney's business record and personal finances; its relentless television campaign alone cost $38 million, according to campaign finance reports filed Friday with the Federal Election Commission.
The expensive barrage came even as Romney and his affiliated party committees outraised Obama and his Democratic Party fundraising partners for the second month in the row, $106 million to $70 million.
Heading into July, Romney and his party allies were left with nearly $170 million on hand, while Obama and the Democrats had $147 million.
That disparity — along with a record-breaking $20.6-million haul in June by the pro-Romney "super PAC" Restore Our Future — underscored the momentum enjoyed by Republicans in the money race, a source of sharp anxiety among Democrats. Priorities USA Action, a super PAC backing Obama, also had its best fundraising month ever in June, but it notched just $6 million.
