Tiger Truck Stop in Grosse Tete, Louisiana (VS), mag tijger Tony houden - Vergunning controversieel

Truck stop gets permit to keep tiger

29-12-2009 The Associated Press, NOLA, New Orleans, USA


(AP) — GROSSE TETE, La. - The Tiger Truck Stop in Grosse Tete has received a permit from the Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries to keep Tony the tiger.

Maria Davidson, the department's large carnivore program manager, told The Advocate the permit was needed after a 2006 legislative action gave regulatory authority over private ownership of potentially dangerous animals, such as primates, wolves, bears and big cats, to the agency.

Davidson said the legislation prohibited private ownership of the animals, but allowed people who already owned the animals before 2006 to be "grandfathered" as long as they went through a permit process to keep their current animals.

The permit has been controversial with animal rights and welfare activists and others who object to the tiger being kept at a truck stop joining the debate.

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Note Kraaijer:
This is where the Tiger Truck Stop can be found:
Tiger Truck Stop
Gross Tete, LA 70740
I-10, Exit 139
(225) 648-2312
fax (225) 648-2935
info@tigertruckstop.com
http://www.tigertruckstop.com