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Boomerang's Back
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Jen Chung
Published Mar 26, 2004
Modified Mar 6, 2008
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Boomerang, the baby tiger cub who had been ill-advisedly purchased by a Post reporter from a sketchy animal dealer, which then caused a mini NY tabloid pissing match as the Daily News revealed the baby tiger got ill under the Post reporter's care (because he was taken from his mother too soon), is back in the spotlight. The Daily News cries, "You lion?" while the Post shouts, "Judge is Lion King," with news that Boomerang should go to the animal activist who was "helping" the Post with their "expose" of the animal trade. The tiger animal trade became big news when Ming the tiger was found in a Harlem apartment. The Post plans to send Boomerang to the animal reserve owned by Tippi Hedren, Shambala. Noah's Lost Ark, an animal reserve in Ohio where Boomerang AND Ming live now, plans to appeal.
Last Octoober, the Daily News ran two articles (1, 2) about how Boomerang cub was doing - all while damning the Post's stupidity. The Daily News also made a big deal of raising $30,000 for the animal reserve, but the reserve's lawyer says, "I'm not aware of any money they've raised. Do you believe everything you read in the Daily News." Of course, that quote was in the Post. And while Gothamist just wants to know Boomerang is okay, we love seeing pictures of him!
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Jen Chung is a former WNYC and Gothamist editor.
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