home pet? have you ever owned a tiger cub? these questions make me wonder just how difficult is it to raise a tiger. one man from harlem found out the hard way. a tiger was found saturday prowling around a harlem apartment. in 2001. antoine yates bought a tiger cub called ming from a breeder for $2,000. within three years, ming weighed 450 pounds. when yates showed up at a harlem hospital with a suspiciously large bite, police investigated. ming was safely removed and sent to live out his life at a sanctuary. but in 2011, in zanesville, ohio, roadside zoo owner terry thompson s exotic pets weren t so lucky. 911, what is your emergency? yeah, there s a lion on mount perry road. before he took his own life, terry released his 18 tigers, 17 lions, and other dangerous animals into a suburban