LAS VEGAS (KLAS) — Pahrump man Karl Mitchell spoke out after Nye County authorities seized his tigers.
Mitchell bonded out of jail Wednesday evening and is again house. He and his tigers have made 8 Information Now headlines for many years.
“I absolutely plan to get the tigers back,” Mitchell mentioned.
Nye County authorities are relocating Mitchell’s tigers, together with these named Mustafa and Diva, to a sanctuary outdoors Nevada. He mentioned they’re his emotional assist animals, serving to him by way of PTSD.
“I’ve been working with animals of every description for many, many, many years, and I found a significant bond with tigers that was different from lions,” Mitchell mentioned when requested why he selected tigers for emotional assist.
Nye county authorities seized the tigers as a result of Mitchell doesn’t have the permits to maintain them.
Their investigation into Mitchell was sped up by an eviction dispute. The proprietor of the land, Roberta Wind, is the niece of the land’s deceased former proprietor, regionally often called Ray “Flagman” Mielzynski.
Wind mentioned she’d given Mitchell over a 12 months to maneuver out so she may promote the land and cut up the cash along with her siblings, however Mitchell refused to cooperate.
“No one wanted to take a chance because he’s got all those tigers and dogs and, and he’s just, you know, I didn’t want anyone to risk it either,” Wind mentioned.
She mentioned she didn’t know Nye County’s tiger seizure would occur on Wednesday and mentioned the property dispute and Mitchell’s tiger permits are separate points.
To ensure that Mitchell to get the tigers again, he would want to leap by way of quite a few authorized hoops, together with signing their possession to somebody with the correct permits in Pahrump.
