Animal control officers have captured an apparently domesticated tiger that was spotted roaming a residential neighborhood in a South Texas city.
The Conroe Police Department says it received several phone calls Thursday from residents who saw the young, female tiger wandering around the city.
Animal control officers captured the tiger, which was wearing a collar with a leash attached.
Sgt. Dorcy McGinnis said the tiger seems to be tame. Authorities are asking for assistance in finding the tiger’s owner.
McGinnis said that if the tiger and its owner live in Conroe, the tiger will no longer be able to be housed in the city due to this incident.
Conroe is 40 miles north of Houston.
The Associated Press contributed to this article.
So-called “animal rights” people are certifiably insane. What don’t they understand about the “wild” in “wild animals”. They think of tigers as overgrown domestic cats when, in fact, they are killing machines (as seen in the zookeeper incident in Florida). What would possess anyone (and “possess” may be the right word) to keep a tiger like they would a domesticated animal?? They sometimes get scared and release the animals (as apparently happened in this case) to menace or perhaps harm others. Idiots.
Well I bet this Tiger was looking for Crazy Ted. Even the Animals smells the bad ones.