Missing Texas tiger transported to animal sanctuary

HOUSTON (AP/Staff) – A tiger that frightened residents after it was last seen briefly wandering around a Houston neighborhood was transported to an East Texas wildlife sanctuary on Sunday after police found the animal a day earlier following a nearly week-long search. Noelle Almrud, senior director of the Cleveland Amory Black Beauty Ranch, says the 9-month-old male named India is now being cared for at the animal sanctuary in Murchison. Authorities had been looking for the tiger since it was spotted May 9 in a west Houston neighborhood and was nearly shot by an off-duty deputy before being whisked away in a car by Victor Hugo Cuevas, who police allege is the owner. Cuevas’ attorney says his client doesn’t own the tiger.