A Tampa oasis for the victims of exotic animal faddists The biggest of all cats: a tiger at Big Cat Rescue in Tampa. TAMPA — How do you get the attention of a 500-pound lioness? If you work at Big Cat Rescue, you wander over to her oval encampment with a hunk of red meat…
Jacquian Williams Took a Founder Tour with Carole Baskin Jacquian Williams and his son visited for a quite private tour on April 1, 2012. Says, Carole Baskin, “It was a very serene experience to walk amongst the cats and watch this gentle giant in his peaceful relationship with his son. He seemed to be…
Dangerous Trade: Exotic Animals CNBC’S “DANGEROUS TRADE: EXOTIC ANIMALS” WILL PREMIERE ON MONDAY, MAY 21ST Exotic animals are at the center of a multi-billion dollar business, where even legitimate sales can lead to tragic consequences. The threat of vicious animals on the loose and the tragedy in Zanesville, Ohio, where fifty-six exotic…
Happy Mother’s Day Celebrate Your Mother with one of these Wildly Unique Gifts If you are like me, you have given your mother a lot of really useless gifts over the years, like that necklace you made out of macaroni, the clay cat statue from 3rd grade, and all of the sappy signs and…
WASHINGTON–The scare caused by the release of dozens of exotic animals from an Ohio backyard menagerie last year is spurring a drive in Washington to put restrictions on the private possession of dangerous big cats. The measure would require anyone who possesses big cats, such as lions, tigers, cougars, leopards and cheetahs, to…
Tiger Skin and Tiger Bones Openly Traded on eBay in 2012 These tiger pelts and tiger bones were being offered for sale on eBay in the U.S. and the U.K. in April and May of 2012. Big Cat Rescue filed complaints with eBay and the USFWS but these kinds of illegal tiger products…
Rufus the Baby Bobcat Kitten Est DOB 10/1/11 – 4/26/2012 Rufus the blind bobcat kitten was believed to have been hit by a car on Dec 4th in South Carolina. He weighed just 4.2lbs, had a broken jaw, split canine and was comatose. After he woke up from the coma he was pretty loopy,…
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LUCKY Female Serval DOB 4/1/93 – 4/20/12 Arrived at Big Cat Rescue 6/6/93 Lucky arrived at Big Cat Rescue on 6/6/93 from an auction in Okeechobee, Florida. Although she is hissy she has never shown any real hostility toward people. She is happy to spend her time chasing lizards and lounging under her large trees….
AdvoCat 2012 04 is the April news about everything happening at Big Cat Rescue.
