Remember those times exotic animals got loose in the Houston area?
Wallabies, a tiger and an aggressive monkey
Erica Young, News Producer
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Take a look back at some of the most notorious cases:
TIGER ABANDONED IN HOUSTON HOME
In 2019, an anonymous tipster reported finding a 400-pound tiger in an abandoned Houston home. The animal was removed from the home and later a woman was charged with cruelty to non-livestock animals. Investigators said the 400-pound male tiger was found by a woman who waited nearly a week before she called 311 to report the animal. In the call, the woman said she had gone to the house because she met a man who said he needed to go to a house and feed his tiger. She said the animal was being kept in a small cage. Authorities seized the tiger and it has since been relocated to the Cleveland Amory Black Beauty Ranch in Murchinson. The woman said she had bottlefed and raised the tiger, which she named Raja, and that the large cat was never a