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ACTION ALERT: Petition to Request News Update on Tony the Tiger!!
Animals  (tags: louisana, authorities, tony, siberian bengal tiger, imprisoned, suffering, advocates, truck stop )

Simone
- 47 days ago - thepetitionsite.com
This petition is asking for the news media in Louisiana, such as 2the Advocate and WBRZ and others, to please contact Louisiana Wildlife and Fisheries to find out why it is taking so long for a decision to be made on the permit that would allow Tony the
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ACTION ALERT: URGENT!!! PLEASE HELP TONY!!! Please Continue for Fight for His Freedom!
Animals  (tags: tonyk, truck stop, imprisoned, suffering, state permit, protests )

Simone
- 139 days ago - care2.com
It is believed that Sandlin received a permit to keep Tony, the imprisoned suffering tiger. URGENT!!! PLEASE HELP TONY!!! PLEASE E-MAIL, FAX, AND POSTAL MAIL THE FOLLOWING CONTACTS AND ASK THEM NOT TO ISSUE SANDLIN A STATE PERMIT.
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ACTION ALERT: Imprisoned Tiger Tony- How Wil His Life End?
Animals  (tags: tony, bengal tiger, authorites, parish, truck stop, caged, suffering, sanctuary )

Simone
- 139 days ago - savetonythetiger.blogspot.com
There is a truck stop in a small town called Grosse Tete, on I-10 near Baton Rouge, Louisiana, which uses a live tiger as a gimmick to try and get passing motorists to stop. The tiger is living in very bad conditions and animal welfare groups want it to
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Tony The Truck Stop Tiger : Parish Veto : What Does It Mean?
Animals  (tags: Tony, tigers, truck stop, veto, animals, AnimalWelfare, environment, habitat, protection, wildlife )

Cher
- 300 days ago - care2.com
Ourso is asking the council to change the amendment to include measures that would make the Tiger Truck Stop more safe and more humane. There is no way to do either, but I am sure that if they do it at all, it will be some lip service language that does
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BAD NEWS!!!! TONY STAYS IN HIS PRISON- NO FREEDOM!!!!
Animals  (tags: TONY, tigers, truck stop, imprisoned, bad news, staying, heartache, heartbreak, meeting )

Simone
- 313 days ago - postsouth.com
The Iberville Parish Council on a 10-1 vote Tuesday night agreed to allow a Grosse Tete truck stop owner to keep on display a caged tiger that has become the center of a controversy that has drawn worldwide attention. The move comes amid strong
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Truck Stop Tiger's Fate on the Line
Animals  (tags: tigers, truck stop, town meeting, animals, AnimalWelfare, environment, protection, wildlife )

Cher
- 313 days ago - theind.com
What to do with Tony, the eight-year-old Siberian-Bengal tiger born and raised at the Tiger Truck Stop in Grosse Tete, will be the main subject of tonight's Iberville Parish Council meeting. Tiger Truck Stop owner Michael Sandlin is trying to obtain a
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Claws Come Out in Fight Over Tony the Truck Stop Tiger
Animals  (tags: louisiana, wildlife, wild animals, tiger, tony, truck stop, abuse, AnimalCruelty, AnimalWelfare, animaladvocates, extinction, endangered, humans, habitat, protection, suffering, sadness )

Jacquelin
- 315 days ago - myfoxdfw.com
A gr-r-r-reat cat fight is brewing at a truck stop in Louisiana, where animal rights advocates are fighting to have Tony, a Siberian-Bengal tiger, seized from his owner and taken to a wildlife preserve. So far, this battle has seen death threats agains
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TigerTruckStopJan09   video
Animals  (tags: tigers, truck stop, animals, AnimalCruelty, AnimalWelfare, environment, endangered, habitat, protection, wildanimals, wildlife )

Cher
- 333 days ago - youtube.com
We hired an attorney to speak up for Tony the tiger at the Jan. 20, 2009 Iberville Parish Council meeting, but the council cut him off and wouldn't allow him to show them the case law he brought that would explain to them why it would be foolish for
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UPDATE; BATTLE TO FREE TONY TRUCK STOP TIGER STILL ONGOING-Council Postpones Decision-
Animals  (tags: iberville council, counccil members, tony, freedom, meeting, postponment, bengal siberian tiger, imprisoned, sanctuary, freedom, truck stop )

Simone
- 340 days ago - care2.com
Iberville Council have postponed their decision about Tony until February. The situation is not looking good for Tony's freedom, he still needs help to fight for his freedom to Big Cat Rescue Sanctary.
7 comments
Humane Society Hosting Meeting on Truck Stop Tiger
Animals  (tags: Humane Society, Tony the Tiger, truck stop, truck stop owner, Grosse Tete, Michael Sandlin, tigers, animal abuse, captivity, sanctuary )

Jen
- 352 days ago - 2theadvocate.com
The Humane Society of Louisiana has invited Grosse Tete truck stop owner Michael Sandlin to discuss the issues concerning the ownership and keeping of Tony the Tiger. The Humane Society is wanting to enter into discussions to resolve those issues.
2 comments
VICTORY!!! Truck Stop Ordered to Move Tiger
Animals  (tags: truck stop, tony, bengal tiger, caged, imprisoned, animal welfare, authorities, moving )

Simone
- 401 days ago - 2theadvocate.com
State wildlife officials have given the owner of Tiger Truck Stop 30 days to remove a live tiger from the premises, cheering animal welfare activists who have fought for years to close the exhibit. But the truck stop's owner, Michael Sandlin, said
27 comments
Reader Dismayed By Tiger at Truck Stop
Animals  (tags: tiger, truck stop, animals, AnimalWelfare, AnimalCruelty, environment, protection, wildanimals, wildlife, suffering )

Cher
- 628 days ago - theadvertiser.com
On a recent visit to the Tiger Truck Stop in Grosse Tete, we were distraught to find a tiger named Tony kept behind bars with the backdrop of an expanse of grimy concrete surrounded by trucks and their pollution. The truck stop previously owned several
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