Tiger cub abandoned at Texas border gets new, permanent home

FILE - In this May 1, 2018, file photo, a tiger cub is shown inside a veterinary clinic at Gladys Porter Zoo in Brownsville, Texas. Smugglers left behind the live tiger cub in a duffel bag when they fled back to Mexico after attempting to cross the Rio Grande into Texas. The cub that was abandoned at the U.S. border is settling into his new home in Texas. Kenobi arrived Thursday night, July 26, 2018, at In-Sync Exotics, an animal sanctuary in Wylie, 30 miles (50 kilometers) northeast of Dallas. (Jason Hoekema/The Brownsville Herald via AP, File)

This July 27, 2018 photo provided by In-Sync Exotics Wildlife Rescue and Educational Center shows Kenobi, a male tiger that was abandoned April 30 at the U.S. border by smugglers, who is settling into his new home at the In-Sync Exotics Wildlife Rescue and Educational Center in Wylie, Texas. Kenobi arrived Thursday night, July 26, 2018, at In-Sync Exotics, an animal sanctuary in Wylie, 30 miles (50 kilometers) northeast of Dallas. (In-Sync Exotics Wildlife Rescue and Educational Center via AP)

This July 27, 2018 photo provided by In-Sync Exotics Wildlife Rescue and Educational Center shows Kenobi, a male tiger that was abandoned April 30 at the U.S. border by smugglers, settling into his new home at the In-Sync Exotics Wildlife Rescue and Educational Center in Wylie, Texas. Kenobi arrived Thursday night, July 26, 2018, at In-Sync Exotics, an animal sanctuary in Wylie, 30 miles (50 kilometers) northeast of Dallas. In Sync Exotics says Kenobi will have a playmate in Kylo Ren, a white tiger cub born there in March shortly after the rescue of his parents, and is seen here peering up at Kenobi in the background. (In-Sync Exotics Wildlife Rescue and Educational Center via AP)

WYLIE, Texas — A live tiger cub that was abandoned in a duffel bag at the U.S. border is settling into his new home in Texas.

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