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Ch 10 Interviews Carole Baskin

Welcome! You have entered [News10 Online Chat] at 1:49 pm [Elizabeth Bishop, News10] 1:53 pm: Hello Carole. We’ll get started in a few minutes. [kelly jackson, news10] 1:53 pm: hi carole, thanks for joining us[kelly jackson, news10] 1:54 pm: we’ll start in just a few minutes.[Elizabeth Bishop, News10] 1:56 pm: Kelly is our anchor. She’s…

Save the Snow Leopard Climb

MUSTAGH ATA 2007CLIMB FOR THE SNOW LEOPARDSTo benefit Big Cat Rescue and Snow Leopard Conservation   In June of 2007 four Florida mountaineers will attempt to summit 24,758 foot Mustagh Ata in the Pamir Mountain Range of China’s remote Xinjiang province. This range is one of the last habitats of the endangered snow leopard. For…

Big Cat Vets of 2007

Big Cat Vets   Some Doctors still make house calls.  Dr. Stacie Wadsworth DVM,owner of Carrollwood Cats, and Dr. Elizabeth Wynn DVM, of Ehrlich Animal Hospital, are always on call for their big cat clientele. Dr. Wadsworth doesn’t discriminate the 8-pound tabby tiger on your couch from the 800-pound tiger, Shere Khan. Cats are cats,…

Carole Baskin vs Big Cat Owners

Tiger owner sparks debate in Florida ANDREA FANTA Associated Press HAVANA, Fla. – Gloria Johnson’s love for cats of all sizes has raised some eyebrows in north Florida. The part-time lobbyist lives on 18 acres in a wooden house, where four house cats lounge inside on tiger-striped couches and rub their faces against leopard print…

Animal Communication

WHAT DOES IT MEAN TO UNDERSTAND SOMETHING? I only had a sense I must go; an urging that would not be quiet. It would be more than a month before I had the opportunity to visit Big Cat Rescue. I went to the sanctuary with an open mind and no expectations. From the very moment…