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Holiday Gift Ideas Include Paw Print Painting Prints

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CBS’ Inside Edition Did an Expose on Joe Schreibvogel’s Cub Petting Business

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This aired on Inside Edition on Nov. 28, 2011. Inside Edition had current video footage of Joe Schreibvogel’s sick tiger cubs, his current and open USDA investigation, the recent deaths of 23 of his cubs and Joe’s lie about it being the formula when FDA was quoted at the end of the segment as saying that the formula was not to blame. The video shows a bald flaky patch on one of the sickly cubs that appears to be ringworm, which is highly contagious to humans. Inside Edition did not mention the ringworm, but anyone who has petted cubs at the mall should report to USDA below if they contracted ringworm as a result. These cases need to be reported as it is one more way of letting the USDA know that this sort of abuse is dangerous to the public.

Here are a few steps you can take so that no more cubs end up suffering at the hands of exploiters who breed them to make money off them as photo and petting props.

1. Send a letter to lawmakers asking for a law against using wild animals this way at CatLaws.com

2. Send a letter to USDA and ask that the revoke the license of Joe Schreibvogel who runs G.W. Exotic Animals and ask them to fine him for the deaths of 23 cubs.

The Honorable Tom Vilsack

Secretary of Agriculture

U.S. Department of Agriculture
1400 Independence Ave., S.W.
Washington, DC 20250

FAX: 202-720-2166

AgSec@usda.gov

3. If you see or hear about cubs being used in these pay to play schemes email us right away at Info@BigCatRescue.org

Sharon watches Gale and Jamie shifting Reno the leopard

Reno the leopard follows Gale to try and get the pole away from her

Jumanji the black leopard vys for attention from Reno

He tries playing with toys, break dancing, spinning, leaping

...covering his eyes, rolling on the ground, chirping happily

...making funny faces...

...bathing, preening, and any thing else he can think of

but all eyes are on Reno when he goes to check out his new ramps

It's scary how big cats are always looking for any possible escape route

Thank you everyone who funded and built these new platforms

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