By Keshia Clukey
Saturday, May 9, 2015
Calcutta, one of the tigers that currently is housed on the property
of Steve Stalton in Mayfiedl, N.Y. This 2006 photo of the Royal White
Bengal tigerwhen was taken at the Ashville Game Farm of Greenwich, N.Y,
when the animal lived there. (John Carl D'Annibale/Times Union)
Steve Salton,
of Mayfield, agreed Wednesday as part of a plea deal in town court to
remove the exotic animals from his home on Route 30 within one year or
face six months in jail, according to the Associated Press.
Salton had been charged with operating an illegal business exhibiting
the large cats at his home and was scheduled to go to trial.
Salton had been fighting the town since 2011 when neighbors complained that the animals were a safety hazard and hurt property values, according to the Associated Press.
A retired General Electric steamfitter who lives with his wife in a home he bought in 1994, Salton took three of the cats when the state forced a Washington County game farm to give them up.
He has permits issued by the State Department of Environmental Conservation and U.S. Department of Agriculture, which inspects his animal sanctuary several times yearly. He is required to make the animals available for public viewing.
Salton previously told the Times Union he's doing his best to help the endangered and declining populations by giving a home to at least a few of the world's unwanted cats — Logan, Caesar, Calcutta, Viper and Shadow. The facility includes an "escape-proof" exhibit and exercise yard.
Salton's attorney, James Doyle, said he believes Salton has a place for the cats in Montgomery County, according to the Associated Press.
Below are links to the Times Union's most recent coverage about Salton and his big cats:
From reporter Leigh Hornbeck in 2011, here; and from columnist Chris Churchill in 2013, here
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Salton had been fighting the town since 2011 when neighbors complained that the animals were a safety hazard and hurt property values, according to the Associated Press.
A retired General Electric steamfitter who lives with his wife in a home he bought in 1994, Salton took three of the cats when the state forced a Washington County game farm to give them up.
He has permits issued by the State Department of Environmental Conservation and U.S. Department of Agriculture, which inspects his animal sanctuary several times yearly. He is required to make the animals available for public viewing.
Salton previously told the Times Union he's doing his best to help the endangered and declining populations by giving a home to at least a few of the world's unwanted cats — Logan, Caesar, Calcutta, Viper and Shadow. The facility includes an "escape-proof" exhibit and exercise yard.
Salton's attorney, James Doyle, said he believes Salton has a place for the cats in Montgomery County, according to the Associated Press.
Below are links to the Times Union's most recent coverage about Salton and his big cats:
From reporter Leigh Hornbeck in 2011, here; and from columnist Chris Churchill in 2013, here
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