re: Has Anyone heard anything about the next Mike?

I don't think they are looking that hard. I heard a news report where they were talking to a lady at a big cat sanctuary. She said there were dozens of them around the country with hundreds of cats (not counting private collectors). There is a webite, tigersinamerica.org, that shows 17 or so dedicated to saving tigers. The one in Tyler, Tx has over 50 tigers. It just doesn't seem that difficult to acquire one, even for free..