Houston Tiger Is Found After Being Missing for Days
The 9-month-old Bengal, which appeared to be unharmed, was taken to an animal shelter, the Houston police said on Saturday evening.
A Bengal tiger startled neighbors in a West Houston neighborhood on Sunday. Credit.Rob Wormald, via Twitter
May 15, 2021Updated 11:18 p.m. ET
A tiger that was last seen wandering around a residential neighborhood in Houston last weekend has been found and “appears to be unharmed,” the Houston police said on Saturday.
The tiger, a 9-month-old Bengal named India, was taken to an animal shelter, and on Sunday it will be brought to the Cleveland Amory Black Beauty Ranch in Murchison, Texas, the police said.
May 12, 2021 05:51 PM EDT
A pet tiger freely roaming around an open street frightened the residents of 1103 Ivy Wall Drive about 8 p.m. on Sunday, May 9. The scene was caught on camera, showing a Bengal tiger on gunpoint by an off-duty Sherriff s deputy who happens to live in the neighborhood. According to a resident, the armed guy was trying to control the situation while repeatedly yelling at the owner to get the animal back inside.
The deputy who was then known as Wes Manion, a Waller County sheriff s deputy, said that the tiger did not seem aggressive and shooting it was the last thing he wanted.
A tiger roamed a residential street in Houston. It belongs to a man facing murder charges, police say
By Jaclyn Peiser and Kim Bellware The Washington Post,Updated May 11, 2021, 10:38 p.m.
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Waller County Sheriff s Office Deputy Wes Manion approximated the size of the tiger, on Monday in Houston, that was loose the night before on the 1100 block of Ivy Wall Drive. Manion, who was off-duty at the time, arrived shortly after seeing posts by neighbors.Godofredo A. Vásquez/Associated Press
A day-long search for a man charged in a 2017 murder ended Monday with Houston police announcing that the suspect, last seen ushering a collared Bengal tiger into a white Jeep one day earlier, had been arrested.