Ann Marie Rousseau Collection

Buddy's story really begins with his mother, Tiger, found wandering lost, homeless, and alone in the garden of an apartment building whose most prominent visual was a "No Pets Allowed" sign. Alas, poor tiger was an unwed teenage mother. Just eight months old, she had not a friend in the world. Big eyed, hungry, and lonely, her bony hips protruded visibly on her back.