On Monday, three people trying to make an illegal crossing into Texas near Brownsville were spotted by U.S. Border Patrol agents. The trio fled after ditching a black gym bag, in which agents found their smuggler's trove: a male tiger cub, about three months old, knocked out with tranquilizers to keep him quiet. This startling find lends credence to an oft-cited and deeply dismaying estimate — that the world's largest population of tigers, outside native habitats in India, is here in Texas. Continue reading...
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