Big Cat Rescue http://bigcatrescue.org Caring for Cats - Ending the Trade Tue, 18 Jun 2013 23:00:17 +0000 en-US hourly 1 SARMOTI http://bigcatrescue.org/sarmoti/ http://bigcatrescue.org/sarmoti/#comments Mon, 17 Jun 2013 16:33:58 +0000 BCR Staff http://bigcatrescue.org/?p=8905 SARMOTI Male Siberian/Bengal Tiger DOB 1/1/93 Arrived at Big Cat Rescue 9/9/2000 Died 6/18/13   Sarmoti is an acronym for Siegfried And Roy, Masters Of The Impossible.  Despite the great name for a working cat, he was retired earlier than all of his buddies because he doesn’t do tricks.   He came here at the same time as Bengali, his brother.  While Bengali is very social, playful, and loves to play pranks on all the keepers, Sarmoti is the more serious of the two.  Sarmoti has developed quite an interest in the operant conditioning [...]

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]]> http://bigcatrescue.org/sarmoti/feed/ 2 High Profile Media Exposure http://bigcatrescue.org/high-profile-media-exposure/ http://bigcatrescue.org/high-profile-media-exposure/#comments Mon, 17 Jun 2013 13:55:32 +0000 BCR http://bigcatrescue.org/?p=51807 Big Cat Rescue has been featured in the press favorably more than 1,000 times. You can see our media mentions from 2013 here and all previous mentions here. The following is a list of just the major media coverage.   Major National Publications and Websites Associated Press CBSNews.com CNSNews.com Examiner.com Glamour Magazine Huffington Post MSN.com National Geographic National Geographic Kids Magazine Newsweek O, The Oprah Magazine Online U.S. News & World Report USA Today Wall Street Journal Yahoo! News   Major Regional Publica [...]

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]]> http://bigcatrescue.org/high-profile-media-exposure/feed/ 0 Today at Big Cat Rescue June 17 2013 http://bigcatrescue.org/today-at-big-cat-rescue-june-17-2013/ http://bigcatrescue.org/today-at-big-cat-rescue-june-17-2013/#comments Mon, 17 Jun 2013 13:42:54 +0000 BCR http://bigcatrescue.org/?p=51804 Tigers For Tigers Coalition Update   The National T4T Coalition has been very productive since the conference in April. So far we have developed and sent letters to our congressmen asking for their support for H.R.1998. We also developed an informational sheet on the influence of crime syndicates on wildlife trade. Last week, members of the coalition were in Washington DC with David Houghton of the National Wildlife Refuge Association and Tracy Coppola of the International Fund for Animal Welfare to meet with congress to discuss a variety [...]

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]]> http://bigcatrescue.org/today-at-big-cat-rescue-june-17-2013/feed/ 1 Critical Incident Hurricane and Disaster Plan http://bigcatrescue.org/critical-incident-hurricane-and-disaster-plan/ http://bigcatrescue.org/critical-incident-hurricane-and-disaster-plan/#comments Sun, 16 Jun 2013 21:26:07 +0000 BCR http://bigcatrescue.org/?p=8609 Big Cat Rescue Captive Wildlife Critical Incident/Disaster Plan   Contact info:  Big Cat Rescue 12802 Easy Street Tampa, FL 33625 813.920.4130 fax 866.571.4523 Info@bigcatrescue.org USDA 58-C-0814 FL ESB 578 ID# 402067429 Lat 28.061125 Long. -82.571387 Hurricane Evacuation Zone Category? NO  Flood Zone? NO   Emergency Contacts: Veterinarian: Dr. Liz Wynn, DVM Ehrlich Animal Hospital 8009 Gunn Hwy. Tampa, FL 33625 813.920.0566 also Dr. Justin Boorstein, DVM Animal Coalition of Tampa. Sanctuary Operations  Gale Ingham  813 850-7052 Gale [...]

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]]> http://bigcatrescue.org/critical-incident-hurricane-and-disaster-plan/feed/ 0 Today at Big Cat Rescue June 16 2013 Fathers Day http://bigcatrescue.org/today-at-big-cat-rescue-june-16-2013-fathers-day/ http://bigcatrescue.org/today-at-big-cat-rescue-june-16-2013-fathers-day/#comments Sun, 16 Jun 2013 13:05:46 +0000 BCR http://bigcatrescue.org/?p=51777 Happy Father’s Day   Find last minute Father’s Day cards, games, and gifts here: http://bigcatfun.com/fathers-day.html     Looking over our census of 105 cats, 50% came from outside FL, including: Canada, AZ, CA, CT, ID, IL, IN, KS, MN, MO, NE, NH, HY, OH, RI, SC, TN, TX, VA AND WI   Today at Big Cat Rescue June 16 2013 Fathers Day

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]]> http://bigcatrescue.org/today-at-big-cat-rescue-june-16-2013-fathers-day/feed/ 0 Today at Big Cat Rescue June 15 2013 http://bigcatrescue.org/today-at-big-cat-rescue-june-15-2013/ http://bigcatrescue.org/today-at-big-cat-rescue-june-15-2013/#comments Sat, 15 Jun 2013 12:22:51 +0000 BCR http://bigcatrescue.org/?p=51758     In-Sync Exotics Hit By Canine Distemper   http://myemail.constantcontact.com/In-Sync-Exotics-Hit-by-Canine-Distemper–PLEASE-READ-.html?soid=1101287526129&aid=jl2VmngI8Zc   Asian tigers at risk from domestic dog distemper virus   10 June 2013 Last updated at 02:45 ET By Mark Kinver Environment reporter, BBC News Canine distemper virus has been confirmed in a number of Amur tigers   Some of the world’s rarest big cat species are facing a potentially deadly threat from a virus carried by domestic dogs, [...]

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]]> http://bigcatrescue.org/today-at-big-cat-rescue-june-15-2013/feed/ 0 Leopard 9-12th Grade Math http://bigcatrescue.org/leopard-9-12th-grade-math/ http://bigcatrescue.org/leopard-9-12th-grade-math/#comments Fri, 14 Jun 2013 14:38:37 +0000 BCR Staff http://bigcatrescue.org/?p=28710   Read the about the leopard at http://bigcatrescue.org/leopard-facts/     or print out PDF The leopard is capable of running 40 miles per hour for short distances, can jump 10 feet vertically and leap more than 20 feet horizontally. A leopard ran a distance of 176 yards. If this leopard had continued at this rate, about how many more minutes would it have taken the cat to run one mile? 1. 50 minutes 2. 10 minutes 3. 40 minutes 4. 24 minutes   If a leopard is capable of producing young at age 2 or 3 and can continue until they are 9 y [...]

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]]> http://bigcatrescue.org/leopard-9-12th-grade-math/feed/ 0 Today at Big Cat Rescue June 14 2013 http://bigcatrescue.org/today-at-big-cat-rescue-june-14-2013/ http://bigcatrescue.org/today-at-big-cat-rescue-june-14-2013/#comments Fri, 14 Jun 2013 12:32:15 +0000 BCR http://bigcatrescue.org/?p=51755 Responses to letters, excerpts: Upon receiving our request for help in finishing the Vacation Rotation enclosure, one helpful supporter made a number of suggestions.  I have edited them down to just the bullet points, but thought it was a pretty good list that others may benefit from. 1. Run some Facebook ads to target tiger… We have and it is good for generating likes, but not money. 2. If you have a Google grant… We get 40,000 a month in google ad words grants.  I have a company that specializes in marketing, called LocalDirect th [...]

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]]> http://bigcatrescue.org/today-at-big-cat-rescue-june-13-2013/feed/ 0 Cat Chat Show Notes June 12 2013 http://bigcatrescue.org/cat-chat-show-notes-june-12-2013/ http://bigcatrescue.org/cat-chat-show-notes-june-12-2013/#comments Wed, 12 Jun 2013 17:10:23 +0000 BCR http://bigcatrescue.org/?p=51741 There is always so much to talk about. This newsletter will be launched tomorrow, so I was thinking we could talk about the stuff in it and tell people that if they want the full stories and photos and videos they need to sign up for our Animal Lover’s Dream Vacation and that subscribes them to the newsletter.  A slide for that shows them how. This is the link to the content for the June AdvoCat newsletter:  http://bigcatrescue.org/advocat-2013-06/ If we still have time we can talk about the new momma cat and kittens who just came in from [...]

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