Loose tiger could be around corner unless laws change, PETA says KTRK
Some quick facts:
About a century ago, 50,000 - 80,000 tigers roamed India alone.
Tigers are classified as endangered. It s estimated that only 3,500 tigers remain in the wild worldwide.
Experts say there may never be as many tigers as there were a century ago.
Tigers are not native to North America but are found in Bangladesh, Vietnam, Cambodia, India, Thailand, Indonesia, Laos, China, Malaysia, Russia, Nepal and Myanmar, according to the World Wildlife Fund.
As TigerGate and Tiger in Houston trended on Twitter, people wanted to know, how did this happen? Another question that popped up often was regarding the laws surrounding ownership of exotic animals in Texas, especially since this is far from the first time a tiger has gotten loose.
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A tiger, similar to one shown here, was seen by residents on Ivy Wall Drive in Houston s Memorial neighborhood Sunday night. Onlookers shared video of an intense confrontation between the feline and an armed, off-duty sheriff s officer. (Shutterstock)
HOUSTON Other than Berani, the Malayan tiger at the Houston Zoo, tigers aren t allowed in the city. But neighbors in one west Houston neighborhood are abuzz about one they saw briefly walk along their street Sunday night.
Police are abuzz as well, with reports indicating the tiger s owner is a man who was out on bond in connection with a 2017 murder charge. Victor Hugo Cuevas, 26, was arrested Monday night and charged with felony evading arrest after Houston police said he fled from them that morning, the police department said on Twitter.
Tiger spotted roaming and lounging in quiet west Houston neighborhood
Tiger spotted roaming and lounging in quiet west Houston neighborhood In a scene worthy of
The Hangover, this calm cat was seen chilling on a neighboring lawn.
Photo courtesy of Kiki Baker-Rios
UPDATE: The owner of the tiger has been identified as 28-year-old Victor Cuevas, according to multiple police sources, ABC13 reports. According to records, Cuevas is accused of shooting and killing a man in July 2017 and was out on a $125,000 bond. - Residents in a west Houston neighborhood had a wild encounter on Sunday, May 9. Neighbors were stunned to witness a tiger strolling around their homes at approximately 8 pm on Mother’s Day in the Highway 6 and Memorial areas.
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When Ron Kagan closed the Detroit Zoo’s elephant exhibit, only the elephants were happy.
Elephants were a signature attraction that drove attendance, and no American zoo had ever given up the prized pachyderms on humanitarian grounds. But 20 years ago, Kagan, the zoo’s soon-to-retire executive director, saw that the harsh Detroit winters were unnatural for Winky and Wanda, the pair of elderly Asia-born elephants in his care. They both suffered arthritis and foot ailments caused by hard zoo grounds, and a lack of proper exercise and socialization had left them depressed.
But the idea of shutting down the zoo’s most popular draw baffled the zoo world and worried the board that oversaw him. The American Zoo and Aquarium Association, in fact, threatened to withdraw the Detroit zoo’s accreditation if Kagan went through with it.