Simba Male Leopard 6/6/94 – 5/8/2015 Rescued 8/4/94 Simba is a male Asian spotted leopard born on 6/6/94. He came to Big Cat Rescue on 8/4/94 with his sister, Nyla, as a bottle fed baby. Simba had the misfortune of being born the wrong sex. Backyard breeders always want more females than males. Since his…
Forces for Good Leslie Crutchfield and Heather McLeod Grant spent four years surveying thousands of nonprofit CEOs, conducting hundreds of interviews, and studying 12 high-impact nonprofits to uncover their secrets to success. The result was an intelligent, articulate analysis on how non profits, and those who donate to them, can make a lasting difference. The book explained what non profits…
Nico Female Geoffroy Cat DOB 5/1/93 – 5/1/2015 Rescued 7/19/94 Read tributes to Nico here: https://sites.google.com/site/bigcattributes/home/nico-geoffroy-cat We had been following his story from birth and chased him through his second owner, who sent him along to Big Cat Rescue with three Bengals on 7/19/94. He arrived taped up in a cardboard box. The fury from…
AdvoCat News for April 2015 Saving big cats from Mexican circus life! Thanks to the efforts of donors, Vanessa and her husband Omar, Carole Baskin, CEO of Big Cat Rescue, Antonio Franyuti, Founder of Animal Heroes, and Lourdes Lopes, Federal Deputy for the Green Party PVEM, entered into a Declaration that we would work together…
Your car donation could do BIG things! Big Cat Rescue is now able to accept noncash donations, including vehicles. We are hopeful that donated vehicles will help us make a difference as we end the trade in big cats. Car donations have an average value of over $1,600! That type of donation can make a…
Mexico Agrees to Build Big Cat Sanctuary April 21, 2015 Mexico City, Mexico: Carole Baskin, CEO of Big Cat Rescue, Antonio Franyuti, Founder of Animal Heroes, and Lourdes Lopes, Federal Deputy for the Green Party PVEM, entered into a Declaration that we would work together find and build sanctuaries to care for the big cats…
Cub Abuse at Colossalcon in the Kalahari Resort Once again the annual anime convention called Colossalcon at the Kalahari Resort in Sandusky, Ohio will exploit tiger and lion cubs. Event organizers are charging attendees $175 for a “shared 30-minute hands-on session with a baby cat.” The sessions have already sold out. How many exhausted cubs…
Environmental Groups that Dominate Facebook MICHAEL D’ESTRIES Pop-culture expert writes about entertainment, arts — and the occasional zombie. The environmental groups that dominate Facebook Meet the organizations wielding the power of Facebook to inspire, educate and advocate for the planet. The 25 most dominant environmental groups on Facebook include the WWF, Greenpeace and Conservation International…
Volunteer Management Big Cat Rescue had 89 volunteers at the end of 2014 who clocked in 40,547 man-power hours, in addition to 54 interns who clocked 32,400 man-power hours, plus 4,793 Volunteer Committee member hours. In total this amounted to 77,740 man-power hours provided roughly the equivalent workforce of 37 more full time staff. Between paid…
Santuario Mexicano de Grandes Felinos This section will be for gathering assets to be translated into Spanish for use in creating sanctuaries for big cats in Mexico and other Spanish speaking countries. Esta sección será para la recopilación de los activos para ser traducido al español para su uso en la creación de santuarios para…
