Pot-smoking tipster finds tiger in abandoned house, police say
HOUSTON - A tiger was found Monday at an abandoned southeast Houston home, according to police.
Police said the caged female tiger was found at a home in the 9400 block of East Avenue J.
An anonymous tipster reported seeing the animal about a week ago, according to BARC.
The tipster said they were at the house to smoke marijuana and thought they were hallucinating when they first saw the tiger, according to police.
The tiger was found in a "rinky-dink" cage in the garage, which was not locked, police said. The garage was secured with a screwdriver and a nylon strap, according to police.
"A pretty small cage inside basically a garage in a house that didn't look like it was in the best shape. So it was important that we get it out of that situation," Lara Cottingham, with the city of Houston, said.
BARC officers found the tiger on Monday. They called Houston police, who were able to secure a warrant and remove the tiger.
The tiger was tranquilized in order to move it out of the house, officials said.
https://www.click2houston.com/news/tiger-found-at-se-houston-home-hpd-says
Poor tiger needs a new place to go. Can anyone out there help this poor big kitty?
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At least it was being fed, albeit too much!
I wonder how people manage to pull something like this off?
He purchased forty pound chubs of frozen chicken necks from a poultry processing plant to feed it. 
I'll see if I can find a way to contact them.
That would be great if they could take the tiger there!
Thank you!!! 
I contacted this organization last night and received the following reply:
>>Thank you for your e-mail and for your concern for this Tigress. I am watching live now KHOU streaming the transfer of her from the Human Society/Animal Control to a Sanctuary. There has been no mention of which sanctuary she is going to, but it sounds like she’s in for a much better life than she’s had in that small cage, and we trust that people there are doing what’s best for her.
Sincerely,
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Sounds like a 
reply and good news for this Tigress!
There has never been an animal born there except 2 cubs born to a tiger that was pregnant when rescued.
They get excellent medical care, too.
We are doomed 
I know you are serious but I had to say it. We are fucked.
bachelor (we know one) getting a cute little potbellied pig baby seem the height of good sense and advance planning in comparison.
What's wrong with this picture is what's wrong with this picture, of course. After all, the story here isn't about all the boring people who don't have pot-smokers enacting a real-life SNL skit in their garages.
she probably still checking out the various smells and sounds wafting around and deciding what to make of her new circumstances.
Just read that Texas has a statewide network of sanctuaries to take care of big cats in need of homes. Apparently these "pet" cats have often resulted from inbreeding, etcetera, and typically lack the excellent genetics zoos seek in animals that will be allowed to reproduce. So best guess is she'll live out her life comfortably in one of these sanctuaries with others like her.
In Sync Exotics has dozens of big cats, and each of their stories is posted to read.
https://www.insyncexotics.org
This one's at Black Beauty Ranch in Murchison, TX, a very well endowed sanctuary obviously and apparently world renowned.
Thanks for the update! 
That is not only sad but disgusting!
Makes me feel sick! 
