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Tag: Gross Tete
Channel 19
āLeave Tony aloneā ā An owner-operator on the truck stop tiger
Animal rights advocates are a vocal bunch, as Iāve found out over the course of the last several years. Write word one about Tony, the tiger at the Tiger Truck Stop in Gross Tete, La., and you can pretty much place your bets on a blizzard of commentary coming your way. Until recently, much of [ā¦]
January 27, 2012
Channel 19
Channel 19 Monday: Fallen log hauler gets send-off; Court to Tiger Truckstop: āSet Tony freeā
Last ride for Maine log hauler āMackie,ā R.I.P. The Central Maine Morning-Sentinel news site reported late last week on the Skowhegan memorial-service convoy that was reportedly āone last rideā for area log-hauler Maxell C. āMackieā Moore. Around 20 trucks joined the ride, including Mackieās own, piloted by Tim Clements, best friend to Mooreās youngest son, [ā¦]
May 9, 2011
Channel 19
Rhetoric on Tony the Truckstop Tiger boils over into truckstop villification
Itās been a little while since I checked in on the efforts by animal-rights activists and others ā including a large coterie of truck drivers ā to force owners of the Tiger Truck Stop in Gross Tete, La., to give up their caged Bengal tiger, Tony. The latest efforts including a lawsuit filed this week [ā¦]
April 15, 2011
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