A tiger that was last seen wandering around a residential neighborhood in Houston over the weekend remained missing as of Thursday, the authorities said, a day after the man last seen driving off with the tiger was released from jail. The man, Victor Hugo Cuevas, 26, was arrested on Monday night and charged with evading arrest, a felony, after he was seen putting the tiger in a white S.U.V. Michael W. Elliott, Mr. Cuevas’s lawyer, maintains that his client is not the owner of the tiger, despite assertions from the police. Mr. Elliott said the tiger was a 9-month-old male named India. “We want the public’s help in trying to find India and trying to find the owner of the cat,” Mr. Elliott said on Thursday.

Source: New York Times May 13, 2021 16:25 UTC