Tony, the Tiger, needs help!! That truck stop is NOT a zoo!!! Get him out of there. He needs to be set free!!
Among the proposed amendments is a change in the definition of a zoo, which would exclude Tiger Truck Stop.
“A zoo is defined as more than one species or more than one animal. Who are you targeting other than me?” asked Michael Sandlin, owner of Tiger Truck Stop.
The Grosse Tete truck stop would not meet several of the new requirements for a zoo: that it be accredited by the Association of Zoos and Aquariums; that it be publicly- or municipally-owned; and that it have more than one animal.
Animal activists say the truck stop is no place for a tiger. Some of the people who attended the hearing described seeing very poor living conditions. “What I saw were several throwing rocks at Tony, and I…
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