US Border Patrol agents made a startling discovery Monday after three illegal immigrants abandoned their duffel bag before escaping back to Mexico.
Inside? A live tiger cub.
The agents were working near the Rio Grande, according to KHOU11, when they spotted the three illegal immigrants, one of whom was carrying the black duffel bag but dropped it while evading the agents.
The male tiger cup, which reportedly appeared to be less than four months old, was taken to Brownsville’s Gladys Porter Zoo.
Irma Chapa, communications director for the RGV Sector of the US Border Patrol, tweeted a picture of the cub Monday evening along with a note that the cub is “expected to make a full recovery!”
NOT an average day in the field, as Brownsville Border Patrol Agents rescue a tiger! Updates to come.@CBPRGV pic.twitter.com/Q8OFlJc8VZ
— Irma Chapa (@chapa_irma) April 30, 2018
UPDATE: Rescued tiger cub expected to make a full recovery! Saved by Brownsville Border Patrol. @CBPRGV #USBP #CBP #USBPRGV #meangreen #DHS pic.twitter.com/271Gq7NzQq
— Irma Chapa (@chapa_irma) May 1, 2018
Chapa also tweeted a video of the cub seeming to be happy in its new home.