He went to smoke marijuana in an abandoned house and saved an abandoned tiger

The BARC Animal and Adoption Shelter has been broadcasting news from a man who rescued an abandoned tiger in a house in Houston, Texas, However, the peculiarity of the fact is that He had illegally entered the property to smoke marijuana.

He immediately contacted the local authorities, but after learning what had happened, They thought that the man was hallucinating or joking.

"We asked him if he was under the influence of drugs or he had really seen a tiger", he said to the chain ABC Jason Alderete, spokesman for the Houston police.

At the insistence of the man, the uniform went to the indicated house and discovered that the feline was real.

The police confirmed the fact and stated that the animal was in a cage of "terrible quality".

When they inspected the residence, they found no sign of lifealthough they found several packets of meat.

Houston, Texas police also saidThe "citizen who denounced" the feline's presence did not live in the house and only used it to "smoke marijuana".

The tiger was silent waiting in his cage on Tuesday morning and he seemed to be fit.

After the discovery of the tiger, they received calls from all parts of the country who offered to help him take care of him.

"We are delighted to have found an animal rescue center that will be taking (the tiger) this morning and we'll move it to a place with facilities and big-cat veterinarians who can take care of them, "said Lara Cottingham, sustainability manager at Houston.

"It's not legal to own an exotic wildlife in the city of Houston, including tigers." Unfortunately, sometimes people think that it is good to have an exotic pet. It is very important that we try to discourage this. Wild animals are not pets, they can not be domesticated and they really need to be in a facility with the resources and specialists that can take care of them, "said Cottingham.

The tiger returned to her new home Tuesday at 10:45 am to visit the 1400-acre Cleveland Amory Black Beauty Ranch in Murchison, Texas, according to the Houston Humane Society.

The tiger can get the attention he needs to live the rest of his life at the ranch.

The Cleveland Amory Black Beauty Ranch already has two tigers among its 800 resident animals.

The Humane Society has declared that the tiger he will be quarantined for at least two weeks before being released into his new home, a wooded habitat complex of 5 acres.