AGING TIGERS NEED NEW HOMES

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AGING TIGERS NEED NEW HOME

"ASHLAND -- Denise Flores completed a familiar chore Sunday morning -- using a garden hose to fill metal bowls with water for her tigers.

Taz loped toward the bowl from inside his cage, then began licking the steady stream of water as it arced into the bowl. One paw came up toward the fence as he drank.

"You're not going to grab the hose," Flores chided. "You want to play ..."

It was destined to be a bittersweet morning for the Ashland woman, as the clock ticked down on her time with her four remaining cats.

Denise and Jose Flores run Tiger Paw Exotic Rescue Center in large enclosures behind their house on Ohio 511, north of Ashland."

Edited August 27, 2012 by alocispepraluger102