{"id":38458,"date":"2022-09-12T14:12:29","date_gmt":"2022-09-12T20:12:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/found-alligator-drugs-guns-money-but-wheres-the-tiger\/"},"modified":"2022-09-12T20:12:29","modified_gmt":"2022-09-12T20:12:29","slug":"found-alligator-drugs-guns-money-but-wheres-the-tiger","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/found-alligator-drugs-guns-money-but-wheres-the-tiger\/","title":{"rendered":"Found: Alligator, drugs, guns, money. But where\u2019s the tiger?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><figure class=\"wp-block-image naviga-inline-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/imengine.public.prod.dur.navigacloud.com\/?uuid=36a17aca-5d5c-5458-b060-3ec8d3e291db&#038;function=cover&#038;type=preview&#038;source=false&#038;width=2000\" width=\"960\" height=\"814\" alt=\"This undated image released by New Mexico Department of Game and Fish shows a missing tiger in Alburquerque. The animal is believed to be less than 1 year old and 60 pounds, but tigers can grow to 600 pounds. (New Mexico Department of Game and Fish via AP)\" class=\"naviga-image\" loading=\"lazy\" \/><figcaption><span class=\"caption\">This undated image released by New Mexico Department of Game and Fish shows a missing tiger in Alburquerque. The animal is believed to be less than 1 year old and 60 pounds, but tigers can grow to 600 pounds. (New Mexico Department of Game and Fish via AP)<\/span><span class=\"credit\">Uncredited<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>ALBUQUERQUE \u2013 An alligator, drugs, guns and money were seized during a raid at two homes in Albuquerque last month, but New Mexico wildlife officials said Saturday they are still searching for a young tiger they believe is being illegally kept as a pet.<\/p>\n<p>Investigators think the tiger is with someone \u201cin New Mexico or a nearby state,\u201d New Mexico Department of Game and Fish conservation officers said in a statement<\/p>\n<p>The animal was believed to be less than 1 year old and weigh under 60 pounds, but tigers can grow to 600 pounds, the department said, calling large meat-eating animals such as tigers and alligators a clear danger to the public.<\/p>\n<p>Wild tigers are listed globally as an endangered species. Alligators were listed as endangered in the U.S. from 1967 to 1987, but today thrive in the wild.<\/p>\n<p>The alligator seized by authorities is about 3 feet long. It was taken to a wildlife facility after state conservation officers and federal, state and local police served search warrants Aug. 12.<\/p>\n<p>Albuquerque police reported a 26-year-old man was arrested and investigators seized 2 pounds of heroin, 10.5 pounds of cocaine, 49 pounds of marijuana, 17 rifles and pistols, fentanyl and Xanax pills, and nearly $42,000.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>undated image released by New Mexico Department of Game and Fish shows a missing tiger in Alburquerque. The animal is believed to be less than 1 year old and 60 pounds, but tigers can grow to 600 pounds. (New Mexico Department of Game and Fish via AP)Uncredited ALBUQUERQUE \u2013 An alligator, drugs, guns and [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":38459,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[815,138],"naviga_topic":[],"class_list":["post-38458","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","tag-associated-press-new-mexico","tag-new-mexico"],"acf":[],"author_name":"dh_admin","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/38458","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=38458"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/38458\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/38459"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=38458"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=38458"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=38458"},{"taxonomy":"naviga_topic","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/naviga_topic?post=38458"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}