You were chosen! Nothing you can do but grin and bear it, LOL.
In the fwiw department, I "obtained" another one two years after tiger. Tiger is a short haired domestic. Big cat (20 lbs). The female (Lady) is a calico about 9 lbs. I never thought that I could bond with a cat, or own one [having had Springer spaniels for hunting all my life).
5.56mm