circus

The Rose-Tinted Menagerie

THE ROSE-TINTED MENAGERIE A History of Animals in Entertainment, from Ancient Rome to the 20th Century by William M Johnson with introductions by Desmond Morris (author of the Human Zoo and The Naked Ape) and the late Sadruddin Aga Khan with 47 colour and b/w illustrations Available on Amazon from July 2012   William M…

Snorkle

Snorkle

Snorkel Male Siberian/Bengal Tiger DOB 1996 – March 12, 2010 Arrived 2005 Snorkel was born in 1996 to the same abuser who bred Nakoma the lion.  She breeds lions and tigers and uses them to make money by selling you a photo of you holding a cute little cub.  The general public just doesn’t understand…

Saber the Tiger

Saber the Tiger

Saber the Tiger 1985-8/3/2007 Did you ever meet someone and from the minute you first met them you felt like you had known them your entire life?  That is the way it was the day I first met Saber the tiger.  He was 17 years old the day he retired from the circus to Big…

Princess Tiger

Princess Tiger

Princess Tiger Born 1/1/90 Arrived at BCR 11/29/04 Died 1/27/06 Princess arrived with several other tigers who were retired to Big Cat Rescue from the circus.  She spent the majority of her life performing for the circus and had a very crooked spine.  Though her time with us was very short, we cared for her…

Nini

Nini

Nini Tiger 1985-1/16/2006 Tributes to Nini Tiger “NINI is the reason I came to BCR.  Since I was a little girl, my family has always called me NINI…I don’t know why, but it stuck.  So when I went to the BCR website and saw NINI, I knew I had to meet her.  When I did…