Police: Woman Tries to Sell Tigers Outside Wal-M

PlusPolice: Woman Tries to Sell Tigers Outside Wal-MPolice: Woman Tries to Sell Tigers Outside Wal-MThe Associated PressMcAllen, Texas police detained a woman after she allegedly tried to sell six tiger cubs at a parking lot. (June 16)Police in McAllen, Texas seized six bengal tiger cubs that they say may have been offered for sale. Police say they saw three suspicious vehicles in the parking lot of a Wal-Mart. The people in the vehicles then moved across the street to the parking lot of a department store. Officers followed, then questioned those inside about what was happening.Authorities believe the tigers were going to be smuggled into Mexico--which is just about ten miles from where they were seized.(SOT: UNNAMED OFFICER)TEXAS GAME WARDEN INVOLVED THE OFFICERS FROM THE FEDERAL GAME WARDEN INVOLVED TO SEE IF THERE MIGHT BE ANY POTENTIAL STATE OR FEDERAL VIOLATIONS REGARDING THE ANIMALS.Police say charges are pending against the woman who was trying to sell the tigers. She did -not- have permits to transport them. Officials say four of the tigers are white--and can fetch up to five-thousand dollars a piece in Mexico. The other two were orange, worth about 900 dollars each.The tigers have been temporarily placed in a zoo about 60 miles away. Officials say the cubs appeared to be between two and ten weeks old. ___ ___, The Associated Press.

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