Tue Jan 11, 2011 posted by Corsa
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OMG... I wouldn't keep a mouse in that crappy cage!!!
This story got a little sadder last week when the Louisiana Dept. of Wildlife & Fisheries, basically sentenced Tony the Truck Stop Tiger to at least one more year as a roadside attraction!!! THAT SUCKS!!!
Tony the Truck Stop Tiger... an update by Deidre Cruse, Governmental Reporter, Post South.Village of Grosse Tete, La. —
La. Dept. of Wildlife and Fisheries issued a permit in recent days allowing Tiger Truck Stop owner Michael Sandlin can keep his nine-year old Siberian-Bengal tiger, named Tony, on his premises in the Grosse Tete area of Iberville Parish through 2011.
Tony, who lives in a cage near Interstate 10 and Sandlin’s truck stop, has been the subject of intense controversy generated by national animal rights organizations over the last two years.
The Internet is filled with organizations demanding that Sandlin release Tony to any one of the Big Cat sanctuaries in the country, most located in Florida.
Sandlin’s tiger is the last privately owned exotic big cat in the state, and despite state legislation prohibiting ownership of potentially dangerous animals such as tigers, the truck stop owner was able to keep the animal due to a grandfather cause in the ruling. As long as Sandlin continues to cooperate with LDWLF permit rules, he can keep the tiger. The permit issued recently gives him permission to keep Tony at the truck stop through 2011 as long as he continues to follow animal healthcare and public safety procedures set forth.
The new permit has continued outrage and cries to boycott the truck stop. It has brought some national ridicule of the state and the parish for allowing the tiger to be kept at the Grosse Tete facility. However, all ordinances and state permits have been legally followed by officials and Sandlin since the original 2006 legislation.
The truck stop owner insists he has compassion for his tiger and other tigers he has owned in previous years at the facility and has given away to other shelters or animal habitats in the past. He also has said he will consider placing the tiger in an animal habitat or shelter once the animal becomes too old to manage at the truck stop.
He said Tony is happy and is under good health supervision and is not a danger to the public.
To learn more about Tony, visit We will FIGHT even HARDER now that you are WEAK and see what you can do to help!!! http://untilhislastbreath.blogspot.com/
Let's get this cat out of the cage and into a sanctuary ASAP!!!
http://www.hauteornotpets.com/entry/tony_the_truck_stop_tiger
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