Nye County Police, in Snowfallhe recorded the house of KM, 71, and found seven Tigers. According to the man, they were his “Emotional support animals”. However, he did not have the necessary permits to have them in his home and the officers decided to arrest him.
This was not the first time it was known that M. had Wild animals in your property. Nye’s County Sheriff, Joe McGill, said in an interview with the media KSNV that, over the years, they have received information that He had seen the man walking to the loose tigers outside his house and also in nearby desert areas.
“There have been his publications on social networks with people interacting with animals, which is also an infraction“The officer added.
The defense of man who had seven tigers
M. affirmed that he did not need permits To have animals because “The tigers are emotional support“And he pointed out that the neighbors ran any danger.
This case adds to other previous ones. In 2020, he legally faced the local government, in A judicial battle with orders to move to animals Out of your property.
On that occasion, M. sued the county claiming privacy violation Personal and professional, and came to ask for more than $ 1,000,000 for alleged damage that, he said, had caused him.
Rules to have tigers in the houses
Some states allow great cats like tigers under certain conditionshow to obtain special licenses, meet security requirements and have adequate facilities.
However, Most private owners do not offer veterinary attention. Some even submit to their tigers painful extractions of claws or teeth, in a failed and fruitless attempt to make them safer, as detailed in a report of the NGO a human world for animals.