A New Yorker who was mauled by his pet tiger has failed in his bid to sue after police searched his flat without a warrant.
The judge said Antoine Yates had been audacious to claim his rights had been violated in the October 2003 search - which also uncovered an alligator.
He said police had acted "reasonably" in removing the 450lb (204kg) tiger from Yates's fifth-floor flat.
The tiger, named Ming, and the six-foot-long (1.8m) caiman alligator, called Al, were taken to an animal refuge in Ohio.
He also claimed that $7,000 in cash, $30,000 in jewellery and a brown pet rabbit were missing when he returned home.
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