Good news for one tiger

[krait]

I just found out that "Tony", a tiger imprisoned in a U.S. truck stop for most of his life, has successfully been declared an illegally owned big cat, and will be moving to a sanctuary!

May he discover the small miracles of grass and entertainment, and may he life a long and prosperous life amongst them.

Comments

[blnchflr]

I know nothing about this case, but could imagine the possibility that he's so messed up that he might not be able to function with other cats. In which case he may go to a sanctuary and have grass in his cage, but will be in his own little cage anyways, and may suffer more, if he was very attached to the humans he lived with/near. But hopefully it'll be all yay!

(Just in case: so against people keeping exotic animals - while in theory a person could own enough land and have enough animal skills to rival professional places, in practice it's way more likely to be: not so much.)

[psyfic]

I'm glad there is a possibility of a happy ending for the tiger. That's no life for anyone, stuck in a cage on concrete.