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News roundup, Dec. 11: Five days remain before final ELD deadline; Tiger Truck Stop billboard: ‘Stop in for a bite’; trucking safety-themed holiday ornament
FMCSA adds a search function to its electronic-logging-device FAQ resource as AOBRD transition deadline approaches is six days away; Louisiana truck stop turns camel’s unfortunate encounter with a human’s bite into marketing opportunity; new trucking safety holiday ornament support ‘Trucking Moves America Forward’ effort.
December 11, 2019
Business
News roundup, Sept. 23: Woman bites truck-stop camel, fuel prices jump following Saudi attack
A woman who ignored signage to follow her dog into the Tiger Truck Stop’s camel enclosure resorted to unique measures to get away from the agitated animal. The U.S.’ diesel prices jumped 8 cents in the wake of an attack on a Saudi Arabian oil field. Cat Scale announced a price increase.
September 23, 2019
Truck Stops
Tiger Truck Stop, famous for housing live tiger in La., now home to white camel
Tony the Tiger, the truck stop's original mascot, passed in 2017. Caspar is housed in what had been Tony’s enclosure with a memorial to Tony nearby. More here.
July 24, 2018
Channel 19
The saga of Tony the Truck Stop Tiger is over as tiger passes at age 17
After a long battle between Tiger Truck Stop owner Michael Sandlin in Louisiana and animal rights activists, tiger Tony, who spent his life at the stop, was euthanized Monday at age 17 and in ill health after repeated attempts at improving the big cat’s health.
October 17, 2017
Channel 19
Roundup: Tony the truck stop tiger back in headlines, another Kelty cabover view, and speaking of gators …
Listen: La. Tiger Truck Stop owner Michael Sandlin on ‘Criminal’ podcast; photos of the restored Kelty Farms 1976 International TranStar’s matching flatbed; and did you hear the one about the Tiger Truck Stop and the alligator?
October 13, 2016
Truck Stops
La. truck stop allowed to keep Tony the Tiger, for now
A Louisiana lawsuit to remove Tony the tiger from his truck stop home has been dismissed, but it could be pursued in the same court before another judge.
November 21, 2014
Truck Stops
Louisiana sued over truck stop’s exemption to keep Tony the Tiger
The author of the Louisiana’s 2006 law prohibiting private ownership of big cats is suing the state over a new law that will allow Tony the Tiger to remain at his truck stop home.
July 15, 2014
Truck Stops
La. truck stop loses bid to keep Tony the Tiger as Supreme Court rejects case
The long legal saga of a Louisiana truck stop owner’s attempt to keep a Siberian Bengal tiger in a cage at his truck stop may have come to an end this month, as the state’s Supreme Court has denied a petition to hear the owner’s case to keep Tony the Tiger.
October 15, 2013
Truck Stops
Appeal heard to keep Tony the Tiger at truck stop
The battle over Tony the Tiger — the tiger at the Gross Tete, La., Tiger Truck Stop — is still raging, as a court case dealing with custody continued February.
March 4, 2013
Channel 19
‘Leave Tony alone’ — An owner-operator on the truck stop tiger
Animal rights advocates are a vocal bunch, as I’ve 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 […]
January 27, 2012
Channel 19
Tony the Truck Stop Tiger: Legal limbo
There have been so many back-and-forth motions in the battle over the fate of the Siberian/Bengal tiger, Tony (pictured), at the Tiger Truck Stop in Gross Tete, La., it would be next to impossible for me to summarize them. At once, it’s been quite a while since I posted an update, so here goes: The […]
January 15, 2012
Business
Court orders tiger from truck stop
Tony the Tiger must leave the Louisiana truck stop bearing his name.
November 3, 2011
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