But the way the endangered species act was written, we could not move a tiger. We could not sell or send off on a breeding loan captive bred tigers to other zoos. If we had an old tiger was dying, we couldn’t euthanize it, without a permit from the federal government. The permits back then took an average of nine months to get. Any place from six months to a year, I guess. But nine months, well. Nine months is suffering for an animal that’s old. I mean, that’s ridiculous.
