A tiger was found at a Red Bird home where authorities were executing an arrest warrant Wednesday, Dallas police said. According to police, officers were...
A tiger was found at a Red Bird home where authorities were executing an arrest warrant Wednesday, Dallas police said.
According to police, officers were dispatched to the 2700 block of Meadow Gate Lane, near Pecan Ridge Drive, to assist U.S. marshals with a federal arrest warrant. Dallas police declined to say what the warrant was issued for, but confirmed an arrest was made. The U.S. marshals public affairs office did not immediately respond to a request for more information.
Dallas Animal Services said they secured the tiger, and added it was being held in protective custody “at an undisclosed location,” but could not provide additional details. After a rumor began circulating on social media that the tiger had escaped the Dallas Zoo, the zoo took to Twitter to “set minds at ease” that it wasn’t one of their own: “We want to assure everyone our tigers are all accounted for and safe here at the Zoo.”Some states prohibit private citizens from owning big cats, but Texas leaves it up to local governments to ban such exotic animals. In Dallas County, keeping a. Jamie Landers is a breaking news reporter at The Dallas Morning News.
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