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Border Patrol agents discover Bengal tiger cub by LCC South

By KGNS News

Story Created: Mar 12, 2010

Story Updated: Mar 12, 2010

Sensors went off along the river by LCC South Campus this morning.

When agents arrived, nobody was there, but moments later they heard a growling sound; that sound came from a beautiful Bengal tiger.

The four-month-old cub was kept in a small, cramped cage.

Border Patrol says somebody paid a big amount of money for the tiger as a pet, and agents say smugglers don't care about the animals well being.

The tiger cub is being kept safe before he is sent to Taylor, Texas.

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me said on Tuesday, Mar 16 at 10:52 AM

they are an endangered species and therefore illegal to import and illegal to own as a personal pet. Many large cities also have further regulations involving exactly which species of animals are allowed as pets within city limits. Some breeds of dogs or exotic pets for instance, because of aggression levels.

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is it illegal to own one ??? said on Tuesday, Mar 16 at 9:34 AM

Is it illegal to own a tiger in Laredo?? anybody knows ??

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