The Real Tony The Tigers Life Has Been put Before The Senate For a Vote to Free Him From A Life Time Of Hell Please Help!

Eye of the Tiger (Photo credit: Christina Saint Marche)

English: Panthera tigris sumatran subspecies. Français : Un tigre de Sumatra (Panthera tigris sumatrae). (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

I remember stopping in Louisiana at the tiger truckstop.The little truckstop had signs stating the live caged tigers that were out in the parking lot at the truckstop.The ramp was an asortment of bridges over the waterways that led to the bayou's.The tiger was sitting in a metal cage that was perhaps 20 by 12feet with heavy metal bars all the way around.This was surrounded by a chainlink fence.The trucks passing in and out were passing in close proximity to the cage and on a humid day the diesel fuses stayed low in the air with no escape for Tony.He has been there for years in that tiny cage  with the people throwing things and just being a pest to an animal in a cage.There has been 20 other tigers raised there.There has also been 10 of those tigers that died there in that cage....

I took pictures of the tiger as I had never seen them that close before.I was under the impression they were raised for zoo's and preserves from what I was told.The truckstop had a place to park for the night and it was spookie quiet that night.The next morning a young girl was waiting counter and cashing up the customers.I ask why the tiger was so quiet,Tigers normaly can be heard to roar for miles.She said that she did not know.

I started to walk to my vehicle and stopped at Tonys cage to once again see this majestic creature.He was looking sad and got up from his concrete floor and went into the tiny shack that was in the cage.A man suddenly spoke up behind me and scared the bajeebers out of me.Tigers sorta make me nervous even in a cage.It is a natural reaction to being looked at as a snack by a 500lb cat.

He told me the neighborhood had complained on the roaring many tigers ago,so they were all surgically muted so they coulsd not disturb the folks who lived around the area.They wer also nutured so the value to a zoo,ETC would pretty much asure no one would want to purchase the tigers.I guess this asured tigers would live out their dismal existance in the cage breathing diesel fumes and being abused by the ignorant who should have been place inside the cage with the nice "kitty" they were abusing.

You dear reader can take a stand on this matter to help the big cat Santuary to place Tony the Tiger into the custody of their care .They are experts dealing with Big Cats care.The U.S Senate is voting on this Tony Tiger deal today.I believe if you love animals and feel the need to take a moment the Big Cat Santuary needs help to free the tiger to a better life and deny any more caged surgicaly mutilated animals.Tigers need a huge area to actually live well.

Google the Big Cat Santuary,or Tiger Truckstop,or Tony The Tiger Vote in the senate.
The Bill is called SB250 and will grant the tigers to goto a shelter that will care for the cat who probably is going to need along term care after all these years.

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