When you pay to pet a cub, what are you really supporting? This video shows you how people pimp out tiger cubs to support themselves while making no provisions for the lifetime care of the big cats they are breeding and buying. Watch this video about two such pay to play schemes run by Kathy Stearns of Dade City’s Wild Things and Joe Schreibvogel of G.W. Exotics.
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Carole and Howard Baskin have been involved in a number of productions, all focused on saving big cats both from abuse and neglect with the bigger picture of saving them in the wild. Carole Baskin’s Cage Fight The 2 episode show premiered November 13, 2021 on Discovery +. It features their work going after the…
Transparency Is Critical at Sanctuaries and Zoos As I was watching the inept way the Palm Beach Zoo was dealing with the death of a zookeeper, it made me think about the way we always try to be completely transparent about what happens behind closed gates at Big Cat Rescue. The very day our critics, those…
Animal Advisory Committee Resignation by Carole Baskin Summary of recent events leading to AAC resignation Recently you may have seen reports on the resignation of Big Cat Rescue founder and CEO Carole Baskin as chairperson of the County’s Animal Advisory Committee. First, we would like to thank the many of you who have emailed…
USDA Big Cat Symposium It’s hard for me to promote the USDA’s Lion, Tiger and Bear Symposium Agenda because it looks like their “agenda” is to promote backyard breeding and exploitation of big cat and bear cubs, (and primate babies as well, although that just didn’t fit in with the cutesy name of the gathering.)…
When to Euthanize a Tiger https://youtu.be/zFvjkR4HpNQ At Big Cat Rescue we have a general decision tree that we and our vets use to determine when it is time to euthanize a big cat, but every situation is different. The vast majority of the time we just aren’t sure that it is the right decision until…