Tiger Truck Stop Continues To Fuel Public Outrage -- GROSSE TETE, La., Nov. 30, 2010 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ --
"Tony" the Tiger has been on display as an advertising gimmick for nearly 10 years, and lives in a cage situated less than 100 feet from a long line of Diesel fuel pumps where large tractor-trailers come to refuel all day and night.
The exhaust fumes and loud truck noises are just part of what wildlife advocates point out as being inhumane conditions for keeping a Tiger.
Additional noise and pollution is also generated by heavy interstate traffic located just a few hundred feet in the opposite direction... and posted signs warning visitors not to throw objects at the Tiger have been posted out of necessity.
Tony is a 12 year old Siberian/Bengal tiger used as a roadside attraction at Tiger Truck Stop in Grosse Tete Louisiana. Tony’s owner, Michael Sandlin bought, sold, bred, and exhibited tigers for over 20 years. In 2003, because of violations Mr. Sandlin and the USDA made an agreement {after Sandlin threatened a lawsuit} where 3 of the 4 tigers he owned, Toby, Khan and Rainbow, were sent to Tiger Haven in Kingston TN. The USDA reduced the fines and allowed Mr. Sandlin to keep one tiger, Tony.
Tiger Truck Stop Continues To Fuel Public Outrage -- GROSSE TETE, La., Nov. 30, 2010 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ --
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