It was more than the disappointment felt by an owner whose pet tiger has gone savage and had to be destroyed.

Seif's house had cages for his pet white tigers.

He told about a pet tiger on a golderi'chain.

However, in 1923, A&M was looking for a new mascot to replace its pet tiger (the inspiration behind the school colors of orange and black).

Near the front door, not far from the banqueting suite, was the cage for the family's pet tiger...

The film's protagonists had broken into his home while intoxicated and stolen one of his beloved pet tigers.

He introduced himself while Carol eyed him much as she would have a pet tiger.

"She's just leaning back and enjoying her pet tiger," he said.

I looked down at the fresh warm corpse of what had, until some forty-eight hours ago, been my favorite pet tiger.

In the book's pivotal episode of sexual abuse, the perpetrators wind up being mauled by a pet tiger.