Sometimes, a news story comes along that's too amazing to be true... unless you're retreating to smoke marijuana in an abandoned house in Houston.
CBS's Dallas affiliate can tell this story better than I can:
According to police, they were made aware of the tiger by anonymous callers who said they went into an abandoned home to smoke marijuana but were greeted by the large cat.
“There were going to this vacant house to smoke marijuana, and they were greeted by a large tiger,” said Sgt. Jason Alderete with the animal cruelty unit. “It wasn’t the effects of the drugs. There was actually a tiger!”
Police named the tiger “Tyson” and said it appeared to be well-fed and in good shape. However, its living conditions were poor.
I've been following this story as it's unfolded, from the initial shock the would-be smokers had upon finding the tiger, to the rescue, to the naming, and now to Tyson finding his new home.
As a cat lover, I've mentioned large feline news on this blog when it's been about mountain lions reestablishing themselves in the eastern United States or it's been about Scotrtish police confronting a plush tiger. I also have my own tiger - yes, of the plush variety.
Of all news outlets to provide me this story, it was WBAL 11 Baltimore, not usually a Texas info hub. This is what happens when you search for all the latest Joe Flacco-related happenings.*
Tyson is now safely in the Cleveland Amory Black Beauty Ranch. The Houston Chronicle reports:
As a tiger found caged inside a southeast Houston home feels grass under his paws possibly for the first time, officials are hoping to raise $24,000 to help him.
The tiger, named Tyson by Houston rescuers, was released from its small cage into its new home at the Cleveland Amory Black Beauty Ranch south of Dallas on Wednesday.
Video shows the big cat sniffing his (now bigger) enclosure, familiarizing himself with his new home. While he's quarantined for now, he will eventually move into his own enclosure.
While I don't personally have the requisite $24,000 sitting around, the Houston Texans have a marked need at offensive line. Deshaun Watson was sacked an obscene 62 times for 384 yards in 2018, the most I can ever recall happening on a team with a winning record. Meanwhile, dogs Roma and Caesar from this 2013 Vetstreet article have already started donning Texans gear.
Here's a video from FOX 35 Orlando. What a beautiful boy!
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*For coincidence with this story purposes, it would have been helpful for Flacco to have become a Bengal (literal tiger) or Jaguar (closest animal team name that has a need at quarterback).
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