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Hotel Chicago By 4:45 p.m., all 24 Bengal tigers were loaded into four "Humane Trains" and headed for a new San Antonio preserve, a 30-hour drive, state Department of Environmental Protection spokesman Jack Kaskey said.

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London Hotel Booking A former trapeze artist who moved into town in 1976, Byron-Marasek continues to fight DEP officials who revoked her exotic-animal permit in 1999.

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Hilton Hotel Across the street from the now-defunct Tigers Only Preservation Society, officials condemned the way Byron-Marasek had kept the cats. Locals criticized authorities for taking the woman's animals away.

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London Hotel One tiger in particular had a perpetually "tilted" head, showing signs of neurological problems, McHugh said. He cited parasites, visible sores, dehydration, and the ever-present smell and appearance of urine caked on the animals.

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Cheap Travel "We need more inspections," McHugh said, acknowledging the need for improvement in the DEP.

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Music Booking John Poulos, an Elizabeth social-studies schoolteacher, wore a sign that said, "Let the Tigers Stay."

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Los Angeles Travel Donna Brown said that it wasn't right the way the state destroyed Byron-Marasek's reputation. She said that people in town had a positive impression of Byron-Marasek.

Cancun Hotel "Now they're going to trash her," Brown said.

Hotel Booking Florence By Andrew Johnson
The Press of Atlantic City - 11/12/2003

Topic: Tigers

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