SEATTLE - A family and four full-grown Siberian tigers were evicted from their property in Napavine, Lewis County, Wednesday.

Lewis County Superior Court issued an order for the family to leave the property on Mill Road and gave them a Feb. 15 deadline, but for some reason they chose not to leave, the Lewis County Sheriff's Office said.

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The tigers were housed in these large cages.

When they didn't leave, the court ordered Lewis County Sheriff's deputies to evict the family and their tigers. So today, deputies moved in, equipped with special cages to safely transport the tigers off the property.

According to the sheriff's office, the family has agreed to turn all four Siberian tigers over for adoption to the non-profit organization Cat Tales Zoological Park. Romeo and Juliette, the two youngest cats, are the children of Sampson and Delilah. One of the cats is reportedly pregnant.

Cat Tales, located in Mead, Wash., specializes in accommodating large cats.

This is not the first time the tigers were in the news. In 2005, Romeo bit its owner's grandson, who was 5 years old at the time.

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A photo of one of the four tigers in his cage.

The boy suffered a scrape on the back of his leg and a puncture wound on his foot after the 80-pound tiger jumped on the boy. At the time, there was concern the tiger might have rabies.

The owner, Paul Mason, moved to a rural area south of Napavine with two big cats, Samson and Delilah, in 2003. He kept the tigers behind a cyclone fence on his 23 acres of land.

Romeo and Juliet were born after the family moved to the property.

When the family moved to the property, Lewis County did not have a dangerous animal ordinance that covered the tigers. The one on the books only addressed dogs.

In February of this year, county officials approved a new ordinance laying tighter restrictions on animals deemed "dangerous," including mandatory insurance policies, specific guidelines on enclosures and giving the county the right to confiscate, relocate or euthanize any animal declared dangerous.