It's Good To Have Rights

Even when they come with a bite:

AFTER winning a lengthy legal battle for the right to keep exotic pets, the Canadian owner of a tiger has been mauled to death by the 300kg cat.

Norman Buwalda, 66, was found dead in the tiger's pen on his property in rural Ontario on Sunday afternoon, local time.

"He had gone in to feed the tiger and possibly had been attacked," Ontario Provincial Police Constable Troy Carlson said, indicating there were no witnesses.

...In 2004, a tiger attack on a 10-year-old boy visiting the property sparked a two-year legal battle between Mr Buwalda and the nearby Southwold Township over the council's subsequent ban on keeping wild animals as pets.

...Mr Buwalda challenged the ban in court, and won. An Ontario Superior Court judge ruled the bylaw was flawed and too broad.