Man takes tiger cub for a stroll in US city!

In a bizarre incident, a man in the US took a tiger cub for a stroll through a commercial area of a Chicago suburb and even entered a bar with the animal after which he was charged with misdemeanours.
John Basile took the tiger cub, a fluffy baby about knee-high, to 'Uncle Richie's Bar' in Lockport, Illinois.
He had done such a thing at least one other time, CNN affiliate WBBM reported.
Police did not think it was funny and have filed charges against Basile from disorderly conduct to possession of a dangerous animal for the latest incident.
"My concern was really for the people who frequent the downtown area," Lockport Police Chief Terry Lemming was quoted as saying.

The charges are all misdemeanours.

As Basile trotted the tiger cub down the street on February 15, it caused some rubbernecking. Some people seemed to think it was adorable.
"There were people in their cars shouting like, 'Is that a tiger? Is that a tiger?' going over the Ninth Street Bridge," Frances Escoe told the CNN affiliate.
At least one man took a video. Not everyone at the bar thought the tiger was cute.
During a previous visit, the cub reportedly bit a guest.
"While we were looking into possible charges, officers spoke with a woman who claimed the tiger bit her in Uncle Ritchie's on December 14, 2013," Lemming told the Joliet Herald-News.

Basile, 57, has a familiarity and trust with predators and other wild animals that most people do not.
He has handled them for 25 years, he says on his website for the animal rescue he runs.
Basile sports photos of himself cuddling and wrestling with a full grown black bear and links to photos, in which he is handling snakes and wolves.
On one of the photos is a Siberian tiger cub named Shere Khan.