Marcie Moriarty, Manager of BC SPCA Cruelty Investigations is quoted by News 1130, saying: "Carlton has been investigated by the SPCA since November 2005 when he moved his tigers to the 100 Mile House area."

After notifying regional authorities about their concerns, the SPCA tried for months to seize the animals but there wasn't any room at any facility to take the exotic animals, Moriarty said.

Why didn’t the SPCA make him build proper enclosures? Since 2005 there were one to two large cats per 12’ x 12’ pen. The SPCA stated that the tigers could barely pace back and forth – a sign of neurotic, stereotypical behaviour and cruel confinement. Surely this is not “adequate shelter”. In order to reduce some of the animal aggression and to protect people a large, proper enclosure should have been built.