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Tag: Tony the Truck Stop Tiger
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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
‘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
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