When the Big Cat Public Safety Act HR263 / S1210 passed into law in the United States on December 22, 2022 it was greatest accomplishment of Big Cat Rescue and all of her allies in the efforts to save big cats from abuse. This law is being enforced by the US Fish and Wildlife Service…
What’s the Difference Between the AZA & ZAA? More than can be included in this article, but here are two of the differences that are most important to saving big cats. Origins of AZA vs ZAA The Association of Zoos and Aquariums (AZA) was founded in 1924. The Zoological Association of America (ZAA) claims to…
Eko, and 8 year old Malayan tiger was shot to death at the Naples Zoo 12/30/2021 because a janitor allegedly hopped the barricade and stuck his arm in the cage. The reason people do stupid things like that is because they see faux conservationists show off on TV and social media with juvenile big cats…
Media Contact:Howard Baskin, Advisory Board Chairman813.505-5565Howard.Baskin@BigCatRescue.org FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Carole and Howard Baskin Terminate Netflix Lawsuit TAMPA, Fla. – December 15, 2021 – During the years from 2014 through 2019 when the producers of Tiger King falsely told us they were making a “Blackfish of big cats” to expose those who were mistreating the cats…
10 Year Anniversary of the Zanesville Massacre Here we are on October 18, 2021 and Congress has still failed to enact the Big Cat Public Safety Act which was a bill we were calling for since the 90s and which would have prevented the tragedy known internationally, even a decade later, as the Zanesville Massacre. …
It wasn’t long ago (2013 or so) that paying to play with cute little tiger cubs, lion cubs or even liger cubs, was considered something people wanted to do and brag about, but now people know better…at least many people know better. If you have been sent to this page, after sharing your photo of…
Joe Exotic and Jeff Lowe’s GW Zoo is closed forever by Big Cat Rescue.
How much is that “kitty” in the window? See the cub petting video that got more than 17,000,000 views: https://fb.watch/p3R8Ly3cBE/ If you are thinking it might be really cool to have a big cat as a pet, take a few minutes to consider the costs. But first, check out the slideshow to see what it…
New York JnK Tiger Rescue DejaVu is all I can say. It happens over and over, like a recurring nightmare for the wild animals suffering through it; only the names and places change. Someone wants to “rescue” wild animals because that seems like glamorous work, so they buy animals (and just prolong the problem) until the…
I Hated the ABC 20/20 Piece on Siegfried & Roy We had high hopes for what was marketed as an investigative piece about Siegfried & Roy. We hoped it would not only expose their lies about white tigers but also the other animal welfare issues inherent in these kinds of acts including the training techniques. …