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Joe Exotic is appealing to US President Biden for a pardon. He is currently in the Federal Medical Centre at Fort Worth prison in Florida. While his diagnosis hasn’t yet been confirmed by a doctor, he told
TMZ that his PSA count was high for this specific type of cancer. “The prison has approved testing to verify what state it is in.” In the meantime, he’s hoping Joe Biden or Kamala Harris can become involved and help him go home so he can receive treatment. Exotic’s lawyer, John Phillips, told the publication that Exotic will be further examined in prison, but there isn’t much that can be done while he’s locked up. Phillips is still attempting to get Exotic another trial.
Plus, weâre looking at some questionable best of lists.
By
Catherine Wendlandt
5/14/2021 at 6:00am
A lot of things happen each week in Houston. Sometimes theyâre newsy, sometimes . well, itâs Houston. Weâve collected some of the most interesting gems of the last seven days for your internet perusal. Itâs Very Houston News.
What Do Tigers Dream of?
Obviously the craziest story of the week is 9-month-old India the tiger, who caused a stir on Motherâs Day by prowling the front lawn of a West Houston home.Â
When neighbors and an off-duty deputy (rightfully) freaked out, a man managed to get the big cat back inside, then loaded her into a white Jeep Cherokee, then sped away from police and got away, according to the Houston Police Department.
Big Cat Rescue founder and Netflix’s “Tiger King” star Carole Baskin clawed at Texas Sens. John Cornyn and Ted Cruz Wednesday, accusing them of bearing some responsibility for the missing tiger that has horrified Houston residents since Mother’s Day.
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By now, we’ve all seen the video of the tiger wandering through a suburban neighborhood in Houston. As the story has unspooled, we have learned that the tiger fell into evil company, having been taken in by a dude who was a murder suspect. The police busted the guy, but the tiger got away cleanly and, at blogging time, it was still roaming the landscape and likely developing a taste for shih tzu tartare.
It was an amazing few moments on the Intertoobz but, as Dan Solomon from
Texas Monthly reports, recent Texas history has been studded with free-range tigers.
A bipartisan bill in Congress aims to outlaw the private possession of and profiteering off tigers and other exotic cats.
Waller County Sheriff’s Office Deputy Wes Manion approximates the size of the tiger, Monday, May 10, 2021, in Houston, that was loose the night before on the 1100 block of Ivy Wall Drive. (Godofredo A. Vásquez/Houston Chronicle via AP)
HOUSTON (CN) A tiger recently spotted in a residential Houston neighborhood is now missing. Even if you don’t live in Texas you should be alarmed, wildlife advocates say, as the incident points to a larger problem of lax regulations of big exotic cats in the United States.