WBRZ - Baton Rouge

NEW ORLEANS - An animal rights group has filed another lawsuit against Louisiana's Department of Wildlife and Fisheries seeking to have a tiger displayed at a Grosse Tete truck stop sent to a sanctuary.

The Animal Legal Defense Fund accuses the department of breaking the law by letting truck stop owner Michael Sandlin keep the animal, named Tony.

In November, a state judge ordered the department to revoke the permit given to Tiger Truck Stop Inc.

Sandlin's attorney, Stephen LeBlanc, says the department agreed not to enforce the order while the case is being appealed.

The new lawsuit, filed Thursday, seeks to have the department ordered to report Sandlin to local law enforcement.

Sandlin's website says big cat sanctuaries cannot give Tony the quality of care he gets at the truck stop.