{"id":35082,"date":"2011-05-07T15:15:41","date_gmt":"2011-05-07T19:15:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/friendburst.com\/blog-new\/35082\/victory-tampas-big-cat-rescue-provide-permanent-home-tony-truck-stop-tiger\/"},"modified":"2011-05-07T15:15:41","modified_gmt":"2011-05-07T19:15:41","slug":"victory-tampas-big-cat-rescue-provide-permanent-home-tony-truck-stop-tiger","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/friendburst.com\/blog-new\/35082\/victory-tampas-big-cat-rescue-provide-permanent-home-tony-truck-stop-tiger\/","title":{"rendered":"VICTORY!!! Tampa’s Big Cat Rescue Will Provide Permanent Home to Tony the Truck Stop Tiger"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Tampa’s Big Cat Rescue Will Provide Permanent Home to Tony the Truck Stop Tiger<\/h1>\n
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Victory in Animal Legal Defense Fund’s Lawsuit to Free Tony the Truck Stop Tiger<\/p>\n

Baton Rouge Court Grants Permanent Injunction, Ordering
\nDepartment of Wildlife and Fisheries to Stop Issuing Illegal Permit
\nAllowing Tony to Be Kept on Display in Iberville Parish <\/em><\/div>\n
This morning, a judge in East Baton Rouge District Court granted the
\nAnimal Legal Defense Fund\u2019s (ALDF) request for a permanent injunction
\nagainst the Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries, preventing
\nthe Department from renewing the annual permit that allows Michael
\nSandlin, owner of Grosse Tete\u2019s Tiger Truck Stop, to display Tony, a ten-year-old Siberian-Bengal tiger<\/a>.
\nWhen the current permit expires in December 2011, Sandlin will no
\nlonger be able to keep Tony confined as a roadside exhibit at the truck
\nstop where he has languished for over a decade. The court also assessed
\ncosts against the Department in the case.<\/div>\n
In preparation for the day the current permit expires and Tony is
\nfinally free, ALDF hopes to work with the Department to find the best
\npossible new home for him, providing recommendations for reputable
\nsanctuaries where Tony can live out his life in a peaceful, natural
\nenvironment, free from the 24-hour exposure to noise and diesel fumes
\nthat have plagued his life to date.<\/div>\n
ALDF\u2019s lawsuit to free Tony has drawn the support of high profile advocates like Leonardo DiCaprio<\/a> and True Blood\u2019s<\/em> Kristin Bauer<\/a>
\nand has galvanized activists around the world. This week, ALDF
\ndelivered to the Department of Wildlife and Fisheries over 31,000 signed
\npetitions urging it to revoke Sandlin\u2019s permit to keep Tony. Tony has
\nbeen on exhibit at the Tiger Truck Stop since 2001; he has lived there
\nwith no other tiger companions since 2003. Joining ALDF as a
\nco-plaintiff in the case is former Louisiana Representative Warren
\nTriche, who authored the state\u2019s law that led to the ban on the private
\nownership of big cats, including tigers. Two other Louisiana residents,
\nalso deeply concerned by Tony\u2019s long-time suffering, are additional
\nco-plaintiffs. The law offices of Baker, Donelson, Bearman, Caldwell,
\n& Berkowitz, P.C. are providing pro bono assistance with the
\nlawsuit.<\/div>\n

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