It gets more wild! Carole Baskin blames TED CRUZ for tiger on loose in Houston as search enters FOURTH day
Victor Hugo Cuevas, 26, allegedly housed a nine-month-old Bengal tiger called India inside his West Houston rental property
The big cat was seen wandering around the neighborhood on Sunday before Cuevas bundled the animal into his Jeep and fled from police
Cops later apprehended Cuevas but the tiger was nowhere to be found
The search for the animal has entered its fourth day, with worried residents on alert
Tiger King star Carole Baskin blames Texas Sens. Ted Cruz and John Corbyn for failing to sign her Big Cat Public Safety Act
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(HOUSTON) When Maria Torres and her sister-in-law got an emergency notification on the Nextdoor app Sunday night, they had to do a double-take: it said a tiger was on the loose on a nearby Houston neighborhood.
Instead of staying in the house with their doors locked, the two women went on an impromptu safari. We got in the car and went to check it out, Torres told ABC News on Monday.
When they reached Ivy Wall Drive in west Houston, they could barely believe their eyes. Torres took out her cell phone and started recording several people confronting a striped Bengal tiger, including an off-duty law enforcement officer back-peddling with his gun aimed at big cat.
by Karen Lauria in Animals in Captivity on May 11, 2021
On Sunday, May 9, 2021, a tiger was apparently loose in the front yard of a home in a residential neighborhood in Houston. Shortly afterwards, a man captured the tiger and drove away with the big cat in his truck. The man, who has since been apprehended by police, denies that he is the owner of the tiger, and the animal is currently unaccounted for.
Cruel Captivity
While much is still unknown about the tiger, a wild animal on the loose in a U.S. city is an all too familiar scenario. The tiger is likely a pet, one of several thousand big cats kept in captivity in the United States and forced into lives of extreme, unnatural confinement. Like most pet tigers, she was probably taken from her mother as a little cub – a deep trauma for mother and baby alike. Now an adult, she experiences frustration each day as the conditions of her life render her unable to live according to her natural instincts and needs. Her diet is probab
Man who fled police with tiger arrested after high-speed pursuit
Man with tiger arrested after high-speed chase with police
Replay Video UP NEXT When Maria Torres and her sister-in-law got an emergency notification on the Nextdoor app Sunday night, they had to do a double-take. It said a tiger was on the loose in a nearby Houston neighborhood. Instead of staying in the house with their doors locked, the two women went on an impromptu safari. We got in the car and went to check it out, Torres told ABC News on Monday. When they reached Ivy Wall Drive in west Houston, they could barely believe their eyes. Torres took out her cell phone and started recording several people confronting a striped Bengal tiger, including an off-duty law enforcement officer backpedaling with his gun aimed at the big cat.
Owner of Houston tiger arrested after ditching police in high-speed pursuit
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Man with tiger arrested after high-speed chase with police
Victor Hugo Cuevas, 26, was taken into custody by Houston police after allegedly fleeing the scene with a Bengal tiger on Sunday night. Law enforcement is still searching for the escaped tiger. Maria Torres
When Maria Torres and her sister-in-law got an emergency notification on the Nextdoor app Sunday night, they had to do a double-take. It said a tiger was on the loose in a nearby Houston neighborhood.
Instead of staying in the house with their doors locked, the two women went on an impromptu safari.