Lions and tigers and prayers! Oh my!

Seems there are some rather different hurricane victims giving authorities problems in Texas.


Tiger roaming hurricane-ravaged streets in Texas
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GALVESTON, Texas (AP) — Texas authorities busy trying to clean up after Hurricane Ike have a new problem on their hands: There's a tiger loose.

A county official said Tuesday that the animal somehow left its enclosure at an exotic pets center in Crystal Beach. Animal experts are coming in to try and catch the tiger
Crystal Beach is on Bolivar Peninsula. The area is one of the hardest-hit by Ike.

The news follows reports of a lion holed up in a Baptist church with its owner on Bolivar Peninsula as well as livestock and other animals roaming amid Hurricane Ike's wreckage.


Source: ap.google.com