Good afternoon from Shasta Tiger. Shasta's Story Species: Tiger (Panthera tigris) DOB: February 14, 2007 Sex: Female Arrival Date: September 14, 2012 In 2012, Turpentine Creek Wildlife Refuge received a call from the neighbor of a woman who privately owned three tigers. Shasta was the youngest of the three who were housed five miles outside the rural town of Sperry, Oklahoma. Their previous owner had had a stroke a year earlier, rendering her unable to properly care for the cats and their enclos