Houston (WBAP/KLIF) – A missing tiger that’s been roaming around Houston has been found. The tiger was first spotted Sunday, May 9, when it was seen by an off duty police officer lying on a residential lawn. The tiger was wearing a collar, and before the city’s animal services could corral it, someone in a white SUV put it inside the vehicle, and drove off with it. No trace of the tiger had been found from that moment until one of the owners called police to give it up Saturday night. Houston Police Commander Ron Borza says the owners, and friends of the owners, had been hiding it. They say the tiger is 9 months old. It’s name is India, and it’s in good health. It’s been taken to a south Texas exotic animal shelter where it will be raised in the company of other tigers.
The owners of the tiger have been identified as Gia Cuevas and her husband, Victor Cuevas. Gia Cuevas is the one who surrendered the tiger to Houston Police Saturday night. Victor Cuevas is in jail. He’s been identified as the man who put the stray tiger in the white SUV May 9. He is also a murder suspect, and has been free on bond pending trial on an unrelated killing in 2017. That bond was revoked Friday.
