Roadside zoos are collections of animals in
cages to profit from motorists who stop to stare, stretch
their legs, buy gas or engage in some random commercial
activity. A roadside zoo can be 100 animals in a strip
between interstate highways and a local road or a single tiger in a
cage at a gas station. What these private menageries have in
common is barren cages and inadequate food, water, shelter and
veterinary care.
The animals have no privacy and are often
crowded into conflict-prone groupings. A declawed tiger put
into a cage with tigers with claws cannot
fight for food or defend itself.
Tony the Truck Stop Tiger has become the
standard-bearer for protests against roadside zoos.
There
have been many tigers born at the Tiger Truck Stop over 20
years. Tony from the truck stop on Interstate 10,
Grosse Tete, Louisiana is shown below. Tony has spent his
entire life in this cell breathing diesel fumes 24 hours a day
for the amusement of customers that stop for fuel.
Tony waits for the law to free him from his
life at the truck stop.
And waits...
Another roadside attraction in Indiana. 
The only reason that roadside zoos exist is
that people pay to see the animals.
Please do not patronize roadside zoos.