Zeus Male Siberian Lynx 5/1/97 – 4/14/16 Rescued 6/24/97 Zeus was rescued from a fur farm. He and Apollo, another fur farm survivor, share a large habitat. Although, you would not normally find two adult male Lynxes living together in the wild, in captivity this is actually a form of enrichment, if they have been…
Nagpur: As delegates prepare for the 3rd Asia ministerial conference on tiger conservation in Delhi, over 23 NGOs and bodies in the country want a commitment to zero demand for tiger parts in order to achieve zero poaching. The Asia ministerial conference will be inaugurated by Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday. More than 700…
Tiger conservation is a story of contrasts. Throughout Asia, wild tigers (Pantera tigris) face constant pressures from poachers, deforestation and development. We saw the worst of this last week when Cambodia declared that its tiger population had goneextinct. Despite these ever-present threats, however, tigers have started to claw their way back in other countries, most…
URGENT ACTION REQUIRED TO END TIGER FARMING AND TRADE As delegates prepare for the 3rd Asia Ministerial Conference on Tiger Conservation, from April 12 to 14, 2016 in New Delhi, we the undersigned urge Ministers to make a commitment at this meeting to Zero Demand for tiger parts in order to achieve Zero Poaching. Conservation…
The Best Week for Big Cats in Decades! This week has been epic for big cats, thanks to all of YOU who have roared out to protect wild cats and their cubs. 4/3/2016 USDA cracks down on abuse of cubs under the age of four weeks. In response to a 2012 legal petition filed by…
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Strengthens Protections for Captive Tigers under the Endangered Species Act April 5, 2016 In an effort to strengthen protections for certain captive tigers under the Endangered Species Act (ESA), the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service has finalized a rule declaring that captive “generic” tigers — tigers of unknown genetic background or…
To Celebrate Mother’s Day, Will You Help Us “Mother” Our Foster Kittens? Did you know that Big Cat Rescue fosters domestic kittens until they are old enough to be adopted? In the last 3 years our interns and volunteers have mothered literally hundreds of foster kittens! This includes mommy cats with babies, bottle feeder…
United States Department of Agriculture Cracks Down on Abuse of Tiger Cubs by Roadside Menageries In response to a 2012 legal petition filed by The Humane Society of the United States, World Wildlife Fund, Detroit Zoological Society, International Fund for Animal Welfare, Born Free USA, Big Cat Rescue, Fund for Animals and Global Federation of Animal Sanctuaries, the U.S. Department…
JUST A FEW SPOTS LEFT TO JOIN BIG CAT RESCUE FOR BINGO AT HAMBURGER MARY’S THIS SUNDAY NIGHT! Join Big Cat Rescue at Hamburger Mary’s in Tampa (Ybor City location) for Bingo to benefit the cats this Sunday evening, April 3, at 7 pm. We’ve done this a few times in the past and it is always a blast…
