MERCEDES, Texas (AP) — Authorities seized animals including a white Bengal tiger, bobcat, kinkajou, porcupines, llamas, emus and deer after finding them at a South Texas residence while executing a search warrant last week.
Drug Enforcement Administration Special Agent Sammy Parks said Friday that the search warrant served on March 25 at the home on 5 acres in Mercedes, was related to a narcotics investigation.
The Texas Parks and Wildlife Department said game wardens had to euthanize the bobcat and deer.
Parks said the other animals were taken to a zoo for medical evaluation.
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