A woman who called Houston’s non-emergency dispatch line after discovering a tiger inside a cage at an abandoned home told the shocked dispatcher: “I’m not lying.”
The Houston Chronicle obtained a recording of the call after animal rescue workers found the well-fed, 350-pound animal resting on a bed of hay Monday. They said the animal’s cage could be easily opened.
Police say a group of people looking for a place to smoke marijuana happened across the tiger on Monday. The woman told the dispatcher: “It’s pretty big.”
Investigators have leads into who owned the tiger but say it may not be the person who owns the property.
The tiger was moved to an animal sanctuary in Texas. The tiger was nicknamed “Tyson” after the movie “The Hangover.”
