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Eatery Wants to Use Tigers As Attraction

HOUSTON - A downtown restaurant that already features sharks and other exotic aquatic life wants to add another attraction from the animal kingdom: white tigers.

Houston businessman Tilman Fertitta is working to display three tigers at his Downtown Aquarium restaurant.

But animal rights activists are condemning the proposal, and some council members say it would violate a city ordinance barring people from having a wild animal in the city.

Restaurant officials say their establishment and downtown Houston would be a more attractive destination for residents, tourists and conventions if the animals were there. They also promise to treat the tigers humanely.

Fertitta, president and chief executive of Landry"s Restaurants Inc., which operates the Downtown Aquarium, hopes to get around the city"s exotic animal ordinance by seeking accreditation from the American Zoological Association.

"We feel like this is a zoo facility," said Jeff Cantwell senior vice president of development for Landry"s. "This is about entertainment and education. It"s no different from the Houston Zoo in that respect."

Landry"s has received that accreditation for a similar exhibit at a Denver restaurant.

But animal rights activist Anthony Marr said Fertitta"s plan is a commercial enterprise and that "there does not seem to be a single thought for the well-being of these animals or the future of the species."

休斯顿－一家已经在商店里展示鲨鱼和其他奇怪水族生物的酒店最近决定引进另一个成员，动物家族的国王－白虎，增加酒店的吸引力。休斯顿商人Tillman Fertita正在他所在城市的水族馆酒店里展示三只老虎。然而，动物保护倡导者纷纷谴责这一提议，一些国会人员也提出，这种行为是违法的，因为现行法律禁止人们在城市饲养动物。

酒店相关人员表示，如果这些动物在酒店展示，无论是对居民还是游客，都会让酒店和休斯顿更有吸引力。我们承诺人道地对待这些老虎。

Fertitta，Landry酒店的董事长和总经理经营着这座城市水族馆。他希望得到美国动物学会的特许经营，以避免城市珍惜动物管理的规定。酒店经营发展副总裁Jeff负责 Cantwell说：“我们认为这更像是一个具有娱乐和教育目的的动物园机构，从这个意义上说，它与休斯顿动物园没有太大的不同。”在此之前，Landry在丹佛的餐馆获得了类似的特许权。

然而，动物保护主义者仍然坚持说，Fertita的计划只是一种商业行为，而不仅仅是为了动物的福利或物种的未来。

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