Tiger Lady Chronology
POSTED: 2:05 p.m. EST November 8, 2002
UPDATED: 7:13 p.m. EST November 11, 2003
This is a chronology of events in the dispute between Joan Byron-Marasek and New Jersey wildlife officials over her private tiger preserve:
Jan. 27, 1999: A Bengal tiger is seen roaming loose in a residential area in Jackson Township. Authorities shoot and kill the animal, which they suspect escaped from Joan Byron-Marasek's Tigers Only Preservation Society animal preserve.
February 1999: The state Department of Environmental Protection inspects Byron-Marasek's property and cites several deficiencies. Officials announce their intention to take the case to court after she misses deadlines to make improvements.
May 1999: The state says it will not renew the exotic animal permit that Byron-Marasek has held since 1977.
March-April 2000: Byron-Marasek appeals the state's decision to deny the permit. Administrative Law Judge John R. Tassini upholds the state's plans to shut down the preserve.
June 2001: A state appeals panel upholds the state's denial of the permit.
December 2001: Byron-Marasek says she will move elsewhere with her tigers rather than continue fighting to stay in New Jersey.
May 2002: New York officials say they will revoke a permit that would have allowed Byron-Marasek to move the tigers to Hamptonburgh, N.Y. They cite her legal problems in New Jersey.
July 8, 2002: Byron-Marasek fails to appear in court for discussions about the tigers' fate. Judge Eugene D. Serpentelli says the case will proceed July 11, with or without her.
July 11, 2002: Judge Serpentelli gives Byron-Marasek more time, citing her latest change in lawyers.
Oct. 11, 2002: One of Byron-Marasek's tigers attacks her husband, Jan Marasek, leaving him with serious injuries to the head and left arm. He is hospitalized for a week.
Nov. 8, 2002: Judge Serpentelli orders the 24 tigers to be relocated to the Wild Animal Orphanage in Texas.
Nov. 11, 2003: The 24 tigers are loaded into trailers and sent to the Wild Animal Orphanage in San Antonio. Some needed to be sedated because of neurological problems.
February 1999: The state Department of Environmental Protection inspects Byron-Marasek's property and cites several deficiencies. Officials announce their intention to take the case to court after she misses deadlines to make improvements.
May 1999: The state says it will not renew the exotic animal permit that Byron-Marasek has held since 1977.
March-April 2000: Byron-Marasek appeals the state's decision to deny the permit. Administrative Law Judge John R. Tassini upholds the state's plans to shut down the preserve.
June 2001: A state appeals panel upholds the state's denial of the permit.
December 2001: Byron-Marasek says she will move elsewhere with her tigers rather than continue fighting to stay in New Jersey.
May 2002: New York officials say they will revoke a permit that would have allowed Byron-Marasek to move the tigers to Hamptonburgh, N.Y. They cite her legal problems in New Jersey.
July 8, 2002: Byron-Marasek fails to appear in court for discussions about the tigers' fate. Judge Eugene D. Serpentelli says the case will proceed July 11, with or without her.
July 11, 2002: Judge Serpentelli gives Byron-Marasek more time, citing her latest change in lawyers.
Oct. 11, 2002: One of Byron-Marasek's tigers attacks her husband, Jan Marasek, leaving him with serious injuries to the head and left arm. He is hospitalized for a week.
Nov. 8, 2002: Judge Serpentelli orders the 24 tigers to be relocated to the Wild Animal Orphanage in Texas.
Nov. 11, 2003: The 24 tigers are loaded into trailers and sent to the Wild Animal Orphanage in San Antonio. Some needed to be sedated because of neurological problems.
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