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SOURCE: The Denver Post
Thursday, December 20, 2007 Four-month-old Bengal tiger confiscated at Centennial homeWildlife officers took custody of a Bengal tiger Wednesday afternoon in southwest Centennial. State Division of Wildlife officers and Arapahoe County sheriff's deputies served a warrant on a home and found the 4-month-old male tiger weighing between 40 and 60 pounds, DOW representative Jennifer Churchill said. "It appears to be in good condition," she said. The cub was taken to a wildlife sanctuary. Patrick G. Michael was issued a summons for unlawfully possessing wildlife. It was unclear whether Michael lived at the home. The investigation started last month when someone gave the DOW photos taken with a cellphone showing the tiger being driven around Centennial in an SUV. A few weeks later, two other reports came in of a Bengal tiger in a Centennial backyard. Agents got the SUV information and tracked it to a home, where they performed surveillance and got a warrant. Possession of Bengal tigers in Colorado requires a special license, such as that of a sanctuary or zoo. Neither the driver of the SUV nor the homeowner had such a license. Said Churchill: "It's definitely not an animal that should be residing in a home."
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