The tiger was found in a cage by officers taking part in an animal cruelty investigation.
Police were executing a search warrant at a property in the 5700 block of Johnson Lane when they found a tiger in an enclosure on the property.
"These animals are not pets. They do not make good pets for the humans or for them," said Aela Culver, who works with recovered tigers at In-Sync Exotics Wildlife Rescue Service."You're looking for things like, are they well-fed? What are they being fed? How much are they being fed? Do they have access to water? Looking for, you know, body composition. Are they real thin or they overweight?" Culver added.
Federal officials from the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Office of Law Enforcement and the Texas Parks and Wildlife Department have joined the investigation.Charges are pending in the case, but police did not release any information about possible suspects. The Johnson Lane property search was one of four search warrants executed as a part of the investigation."Unfortunately, there's a lot of people out there who think it's a status symbol or really cool to ‘own a pet tiger,’" Culver said.
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