Posted on 05/15/2021 7:57:14 PM PDT by algore
A Bengal tiger filmed roaming through a quiet Houston neighborhood last Sunday has finally been found after a week-long search.
The big cat, called India, was tracked down by cops in the Texan city on Sunday, and is now being cared for by an animal shelter.
He'll be transferred on Sunday to the Cleveland Amory Black Beauty Ranch, a sanctuary for animals including other tigers.
Houston Police shared a photo of India wearing a turquoise sparkly collar while being fed a bottle of milk by Gia Cuevas - the wife of alleged murderer Victor Cuevas, who owned the tiger.
'We got him and he's healthy,' Houston Police Department Commander Ron Borza said says in the video.
Police were notified by BARC, the local animal shelter where India has been taken, that a concerned citizen in contact with Gia Cuevas wished to hand him over.
It was not immediately clear where the tiger has been all week and why Gia Cuevas decided to hand him over to police.
(Excerpt) Read more at dailymail.co.uk ...
I wonder how many pounds of meat a full grown tiger eats a day?
If/When a movie is made about the Tiger King soap opera, I would cast well known actress Susan Sarandon to play
Carol Baskin. They both have similar heart shaped faces.
Both are very quick at flashing big smiles that may or may not be sincere. Both like to flirt.
Jeffery Dahmer might have had an idea.
“...unless Carole Baskin gets custody...”
Former zookeeper here, and as far as I’m concerned, having known about that woman and how she works for well over twenty years now, Carole Freakin’ Stairs/Murdock/Lewis/Baskin is the LAST person in the entire United States, who should get custody of that cat.
What in the world is that?
My sister lives in Houston. All I can think of is the scene with “Chef” in Apocalypse Now.
walking dead
Did mayor candidate Tony Buzbee have it?
Did he have a tiger in his tank?!
https://www.texasmonthly.com/the-daily-post/complete-story-river-oaks-tank/
Saturday privilege
Apocalypse Pooh (8 minutes) 34th anniversary!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5jWGJ3pyLgs
5:57 if you are wondering
Oh. Thank you.
A guy near my home town decided to raise a tiger from a cub.
When he came home one day and found the tiger rolling his TV around on the floor and playing with it like a toy, he decided the tiger had to live outside.
He built a big enclosure for it, with heavy-duty double fencing so no one could get close enough to the tiger to get hurt, or hurt the tiger.
We used to drive by on the little gravel back road and stop to look at the tiger. It was a handsome beast, and seemed friendly and glad to see us, as far as tigers go.
This was 25 years ago, and I sometimes wonder how the situation played out. I hope the tiger and his human lived happily.
Very impressive animals. I’m glad it wasn’t destroyed.
I have had the experience of bottle feeding a 6 month old Bengal.All muscle.
Love that headline.
“I wonder how many pounds of meat a full grown tiger eats a day?”
I saw a video on big cats that said they are fed about 40 pounds per feeding. I do not know if that is everyday.
There is a tiger sanctuary in Thailand where they let tourist feed the baby tigers with a bottle.
Never get out of the boat!
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