A Bobcat Love Story
Tiger Skin and Tiger Bones Openly Traded on eBay in 2012 These tiger pelts and tiger bones were being offered for sale on eBay in the U.S. and the U.K. in April and May of 2012. Big Cat Rescue filed complaints with eBay and the USFWS but these kinds of illegal tiger products…
This photo of Howie and me is from our honeymoon in 2004 when I wrote our 20 year plan to end the abuse of big cats. I like the octo-puss tenacles that represent reaching into every dark market the cats faced: cub petting, fur, circus, canned hunts, night club acts, inbreeding for color morphs, zoos, trafficking in their parts and private ownership. My vision of a world where all wild cats live free is one step closer today.
Telling Them Apart Mr. Howell & Lovey Mr. Howell (a.k.a. Thurston) is quite a bit larger than Lovey and his right ear is folded. It was like that when he arrived here. Mrs. Howell (a.k.a. Lovey) is smaller, both ears stand up, and she has the cutest bright pink nose you ever saw. Mr. Howell…
Happy Thanksgiving! There are a dozen new cats who are calling Big Cat Rescue their fur-ever home, thanks to YOU! Every meal served up to these big cats with big appetites is provided by YOU. Every lifesaving surgery is because of YOU. Every day these cats are able to get pain medications, to deal with…
TIPS FOR CALLING YOUR REPRESENTATIVE TO URGE THEM TO CO-SPONSOR H.R. 1998 S.1381 “THE BIG CATS AND PUBLIC SAFETY PROTECTION ACT” By Howard Baskin, Advisory Board Chairman, Big Cat Rescue – Howard.Baskin@BigCatRescue.org Once a bill has been introduced by one or more Legislators, the next step is to ask other Legislators to “cosponsor” the bill. By…
There is no Barbary Lion project any more. Only 5 lions were determined to have had sufficient Barbary or Black Mane DNA to have been candidates for bringing this species back from the edge of extinction. The only female was Sarabi at Big Cat Rescue who died from cancer in 2007. It is unlikely that…