Will some people never learn that wild animals are not pets?

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VANCOUVER, Canada (AFP) - Tanya Dumstrey-Soos, 32, has bled to death after a tiger reached beneath its enclosure and slashed at her leg, severing an artery, the Globe and Mail reported Friday. The newspaper reported that the mother of two bled to death late Thursday waiting for an ambulance, while her teenage son and another boy tried in vain to stop the flow. The tiger is one of three owned by Kim Carlton, the boyfriend of the woman, who kept the big cats in a cage in a remote rural village about 100 miles northwest of this metropolis. His business, Siberian Magic, invited people to visit and be photographed with the the tigers, which also made appearances in shopping malls, said media reports. The Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals had tried to seize the animals since 2005, most recently last January, said reports. The tigers were kept in an inadequate enclosure and were considered a safety risk, but there was nowhere to place them, said a spokesman with the humane agency told CBC Radio. Provincial government authorities said Friday they will reconsider legislation governing ownership of such animals in British Columbia. Under provincial or Canadian federal laws it is not illegal to own so-called exotic pets, although many Canadian municipal governments have banned animals such as big cats.