<br><div><aside class="gnt_em gnt_em__fp gnt_em_vp__tp gnt_em__el" aria-label="Video - Houston man arrested as his alleged tiger remains on the loose"/><p class="gnt_ar_b_p">"Tiger King" star Carole Baskin is on the prowl after joining the conversation about a tiger spotted roaming around a Houston neighborhood. </p><p class="gnt_ar_b_p">In an interview with CNN, Baskin called for Texas Sens. Ted Cruz and John Cornyn to join the Big Cat Public Safety Act which prohibits private ownership of big cats. </p><p class="gnt_ar_b_p">“If this would have passed last year, this wouldn’t have happened this time,” Baskin said. </p><p class="gnt_ar_b_p">Baskin said the tiger was likely used as a “pay-to-play" prop before becoming too big. She also said these occurrences are not uncommon in Texas. </p><p class="gnt_ar_b_p">“The only reason people have tigers as pets is trying to show off to others that they are more powerful than the most powerful creature on the planet,” Baskin said. </p><p class="gnt_ar_b_p">The tiger in question still hasn’t been located, according to the Houston Police Department. </p><aside class="gnt_em gnt_em_tw" data-g-r="lazy" data-gl-method="loadTwitter" data-v-id="1392452109929521157" aria-label="Twitter Embed"/><p class="gnt_ar_b_p"><strong class="gnt_ar_b_al">1-month-old tiger:</strong><a target="_blank" href="/videos/news/have-you-seen/2021/05/05/tiny-1-month-old-tiger-cub-spotted-adorable-strut-through-zoo/4964036001/" rel="noopener" data-t-l=":b|e|inline click|${u}" class="gnt_ar_b_a">Cub has some pep in its step as it struts through zoo with guests</a></p><p class="gnt_ar_b_p"><strong class="gnt_ar_b_al">'It’s someone’s pet':</strong><a target="_blank" href="/story/news/nation/2021/05/10/tiger-houston-neighborhood-captured-video/5020292001/" rel="noopener" data-t-l=":b|e|inline click|${u}" class="gnt_ar_b_a">Houston police searching for mysterious tiger spotted walking around neighborhood</a></p><p class="gnt_ar_b_p">Neighbors recorded video of a tiger crawling in a Houston neighborhood front yard on Sunday. An off-duty sheriff’s deputy made contact with the alleged owner, Victor Hugo Cuevas, before he put the cat in an SUV and drove away at a high rate of speed. </p><aside aria-label="advertisement" class="gnt_m gnt_x gnt_x__lbl gnt_x__al"/><p class="gnt_ar_b_p">Cuevas was arrested on Monday and charged with evading police. He had been out on bond for an unrelated case in a 2017 fatal shooting of a man outside a restaurant in neighboring Fort Bend County, the...</p></div> <style> .wrapper { text-align: center; } </style> <div class="wrapper"> <a class="button" href ="https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2021/05/12/carole-baskin-talks-loose-tiger-houston-during-cnn-interview/5054235001/">Read more <span>➤</span></a> </div>
