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The citations in this bibliography pertain to the health, care and housing of big cats. This information will be of use to research facilities, zoos, circuses and conservation programs to assist them in the care, breeding, husbandry and conservation of these beautiful animals. It may also be of interest to those who would like additional…
America ‘s big cat crisis Felines on the Loose By Katie Marsico Lions, tigers, leopards, and other big cats elicit a mingled reaction of admiration, awe, and terror. Recently, however, these animals have found themselves at the center of nationwide panic and controversy. On June 22, a 10-year-old Minnesota boy was attacked by…
Panther International LLC is a custom software applications firm located in Clearwater, Florida. Chase Stockon, Panther’s CEO/President, recently brought his staff for a private tour and decided he wanted to help. As he put it, “I was motivated to support Big Cat Rescue after visiting the sanctuary and seeing the incredible work there. As I…
Don’t Hold That Tiger National Geographic November 2009 Conservation page The image is of Vernon Yates with yet another of his tiger cubs on a leash. The caption reads: Floridian Vernon Yates charms kids when he shows them his cubs. Tiger experts deplore the practice. Don’t Hold That Tiger Vernon Yates took one of his…
Got Pets Online 4/9/2009 I demanded that GotPetsOnline remove our photos. In 2011 I discovered that some were still on their site and I made the request again. I asked you to take these down 4/9/2009 and just ran across some of the tiger photos still posted, so I don’t know how many are still…
Keeper Walkabout at Big Cat Rescue Jan 2009 January 2009 Jarred and a new intern were smiling and talking in an animated fashion as they exited the Volunteer Check Point. It made me smile to see these people, who give up all their free time for the cats, doing so with such a cheerful attitude. …
Big Cat Rescue will now be able to greatly enhance the security of our cats thanks to the generous support of The Body Shop Foundation of the United Kingdom. We are delighted to be the recipients of a grant for $10,000 dollars (£6290.24) to be used to install automatic backup generators to power our food…
Re: G.W. Exotics and Joe Schreibvogel at the mall If anyone at your organization had just googled the name of the people who dragged baby lions and tigers to Courtland Center Mall in Burton, Oklahoma they would have found plenty of reasons to deny their request to set up shop in your backyard. https://911animalabuse.com/2011/09/11/gw-exotics-animal-foundation/ Associating yourself with…
Dispatches from Hot Docs: Thelonious Jazz to Pet Tigers by Monika BartyzelMay 15th 2009 // 8:02PM The Tiger Next Door In order to capture the seriously unregulated world of big cats, director Camilla Calamandrei was lucky to happen upon a former meth addict and big cat keeper as the government strives to stop his operation…
December 10, 2008 If well received, this may be the first in a series of Keeper Walkabout notes by our staff and volunteers. As I walk about the sanctuary each day I often think how much our supporters would love to see what we see on a daily basis. It is so sad that these…