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What's up with the Little America place in Wyoming. Is it worth a stop or just another truck stop with a lot of fancy billboards?
P.S. Been to tiger stadium in Baton Rouge before. The SEC really does have some of he finest places in the world to watch a football game. However, I much prefer to watch LSU play at the Georgia Dome for the SEC championship. It cuts down on a lot of LSU fans since there's nowhere to park an air boat. Go Dawgs!!!
What's up with the Little America place in Wyoming. Is it worth a stop or just another truck stop with a lot of fancy billboards?
P.S. Been to tiger stadium in Baton Rouge before. The SEC really does have some of he finest places in the world to watch a football game. However, I much prefer to watch LSU play at the Georgia Dome for the SEC championship. It cuts down on a lot of LSU fans since there's nowhere to park an air boat. Go Dawgs!!!
It's a truckstop/hotel. Pretty good food off their 24/7 little cafe they have. Cooked to order.
Very large parking area but the real bonus are the showers. OMG. Very clean and HUGE shower room. Have radio so you can listen to it during showers if you want and also have tvs built into the mirrors so you can watch it also. One of the better shower experiences on the road.
Anybody who wants to see Tony better do so ASAP, as Tony may be finding a new home. The Louisiana Legislature recently passed a law prohibiting private citizens from owning and keeping exotic cats. The truck stop owner has appealed the law all the way to the Supreme Court, and the court has refused to hear the case. It looks like Tony's days of living at a truck stop are numbered. This controversey over Tony has been going on for years.
If you are in that area and have your heart set on seeing a live tiger, you could go to LSU's campus in Baton Rouge and see Mike the Tiger. He lives in quite an elaborate habitat, seems happy, and gets a sideline seat in his portable cage for every LSU home football game.
Louisiana Senate Passes Bill That Would Allow Truck Stop to Keep Tiger
May 14
Yesterday, Tiger Truck Stop owner Michael Sandlin got the news he wanted to hear– the Louisiana Senate voted 20-18 on a bill that would allow Sandlin to keep his Bengal tiger at the truck stop.
Tony the Tiger has been a mainstay at the Tiger Truck Stop in Grosse Tete, Louisiana since 2000 where he is housed in an 40 by 80-foot enclosure.
Tony’s existence at the truck stop has drawn sharp concern and criticism from animal right’s groups for several years.
Due to the state’s new Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries rule, only an individual– not a corporation– can legally own an exotic animal. Since the law went into effect, Sandlin has been fighting to keep Tony. In April, the 1st Circuit Court of Appeal ruled that Sandlin’s permit to keep Tony not valid, since the corporation, Tiger Truck Stop Inc., actually owns the tiger.
The bill, Senate Bill 250, is sponsored by Port Allen Sen. Rick Ward. Ward’s bill would essentially grandfather Sandlin’s ownership of Tony and allow the tiger to be returned to the truck stop.
According to The Times-Picyune, Senator Ward said that Sandlin “takes good care of Tony and other tigers he’s housed at the truck stop since 1984.”
Sandlin has other supporters, as well. In October 2003, an online petition garnered 6,000 signatures in support of allowing Tony to stay at the truck stop, and 27,000 truck stop visitors signed the “Keep Tony Home” petition.
Senate Bill 250 will now move to the Louisiana House for consideration.
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Anybody who wants to see Tony better do so ASAP, as Tony may be finding a new home. The Louisiana Legislature recently passed a law prohibiting private citizens from owning and keeping exotic cats. The truck stop owner has appealed the law all the way to the Supreme Court, and the court has refused to hear the case. It looks like Tony's days of living at a truck stop are numbered. This controversey over Tony has been going on for years.
If you are in that area and have your heart set on seeing a live tiger, you could go to LSU's campus in Baton Rouge and see Mike the Tiger. He lives in quite an elaborate habitat, seems happy, and gets a sideline seat in his portable cage for every LSU home football game.
Louisiana Senate Passes Bill That Would Allow Truck Stop to Keep Tiger
May 14
Yesterday, Tiger Truck Stop owner Michael Sandlin got the news he wanted to hear– the Louisiana Senate voted 20-18 on a bill that would allow Sandlin to keep his Bengal tiger at the truck stop.
Tony the Tiger has been a mainstay at the Tiger Truck Stop in Grosse Tete, Louisiana since 2000 where he is housed in an 40 by 80-foot enclosure.
Tony’s existence at the truck stop has drawn sharp concern and criticism from animal right’s groups for several years.
Due to the state’s new Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries rule, only an individual– not a corporation– can legally own an exotic animal. Since the law went into effect, Sandlin has been fighting to keep Tony. In April, the 1st Circuit Court of Appeal ruled that Sandlin’s permit to keep Tony not valid, since the corporation, Tiger Truck Stop Inc., actually owns the tiger.
The bill, Senate Bill 250, is sponsored by Port Allen Sen. Rick Ward. Ward’s bill would essentially grandfather Sandlin’s ownership of Tony and allow the tiger to be returned to the truck stop.
According to The Times-Picyune, Senator Ward said that Sandlin “takes good care of Tony and other tigers he’s housed at the truck stop since 1984.”
Sandlin has other supporters, as well. In October 2003, an online petition garnered 6,000 signatures in support of allowing Tony to stay at the truck stop, and 27,000 truck stop visitors signed the “Keep Tony Home” petition.
Senate Bill 250 will now move to the Louisiana House for consideration.
Good find Anchor, but that's not the whole story. Last week the lawmakers vote DID go against Tony being able to remain, but as in many things political, compromises were made and a new bill introduced that received the vote referenced in your story.
Basically, the lawmakers were concerned that since the permit issued to Tony's owner is the same as the permits issued to LSU for their mascot tiger and the tigers at Audubon Zoo in New Orleans, that if they denied Tony' s permit, the courts could also order the state to deny the LSU and Audubon permits.
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- Any single vehicle with a GVWR of 26,001 or more pounds, or any such vehicle towing another not in excess of 10,000 pounds.
- Any vehicle, regardless of size, designed to transport 16 or more persons, including the driver.
- Any vehicle required by federal regulations to be placarded while transporting hazardous materials.
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The Substance Abuse Professional (SAP) is a person who evaluates employees who have violated a DOT drug and alcohol program regulation and makes recommendations concerning education, treatment, follow-up testing, and aftercare.
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Anybody who wants to see Tony better do so ASAP, as Tony may be finding a new home. The Louisiana Legislature recently passed a law prohibiting private citizens from owning and keeping exotic cats. The truck stop owner has appealed the law all the way to the Supreme Court, and the court has refused to hear the case. It looks like Tony's days of living at a truck stop are numbered. This controversey over Tony has been going on for years.
If you are in that area and have your heart set on seeing a live tiger, you could go to LSU's campus in Baton Rouge and see Mike the Tiger. He lives in quite an elaborate habitat, seems happy, and gets a sideline seat in his portable cage for every LSU home football game.
SAP:
Substance Abuse Professional
The Substance Abuse Professional (SAP) is a person who evaluates employees who have violated a DOT drug and alcohol program regulation and makes recommendations concerning education, treatment, follow-up testing, and aftercare.