Florida Woman Keeps Bengal Tigers In Her Garden

00:01 Janice: I am their mother as far as they' reconvened.  I am mummy.  They'll rub my face, they'll let me kiss them on the nose. 00:07 COMM: Having pet cats may sound run of the mill, but Janice Haley has taken her love of felines to the extreme, keeping two huge tigers in her back garden. 00:18 COMM: Sabre, a 600lb male white Bengal andante, a 400lb Bengal female, have lived with Janice since they were cubs. 00:28 COMM: Despite tigers having a fearsome reputation, Janice has never been short of people wanting to help out. 00:38 Janice: Pretty much everyone comes here to interact with them.  My volunteers are all basically part of my family. 00:43 COMM: Like most young males, Sabre can get a little boisterous, but that's not enough to keep Carrie Antes from helping out. 00:50 Carrie: I don't get scared when the tigers are dragging me around the cage.  They're doing it in play and it's a relationship we have, especially Sabre, I've been there with him since he was two weeks old and have gone through all the raising and training with him. 01:08 Carrie: The playtime is good for them and they don't make it scary.  He's not aggressive when he's dragging me around, he's doing it out of our relationship and it continues the bond I guess. 01:18 COMM: 57-year-old Janice and her husband David work around the clock to care for 6-year-old Sabre and 12-year-old Janda. 01:26 Janice: Hi, you going to let mummy in? 01:29 COMM: But only happened upon their extraordinary life when she decided to quit her boring day job. 01:34 Janice: This adventure began back in 1995when I was working behind a desk doing tedious work and I really wanted to get back outside and my husband came up with the idea of working with these wild exotic animals. 01:45 COMM: Janice understands people may disagree with her decision to keep the tigers in captivity, but says Sabre and Janda have a good quality of life. 01:55 Janice: People who consider it cruel to keep them in captivity have a point to a point.  It is not the idea for a tiger to be, but in this point in the wild there is no hope for them out there anymore. 02:07 Janice: If there aren't some of them still left in cages, there aren't any going to be left at all in a couple of years from now. 02:13 Janice: We hand feed them three times a day every single day and they are provided for and loved here. 02:18 Janice: In my opinion I wouldn't mind being a tiger in my backyard. 02:21 COMM: After spending more than 12 hours caring for Janda and Sabre, Janice can finally try and get some rest for herself before it all starts again tomorrow. 02:32 Janice: Nighty-night guys, see you in the morning.  Have a good night, love you.