Today at Big Cat Rescue June 14

Interns and volunteers hand out enrichment to the big cats

Volunteer Barbara Frank does operant conditioning w/ Texas tigers

This pet isn't broken and doesn't need fixin' — This pet isn’t broken and doesn’t need fixin’

Wow, "Fix your pet for $10. How can that be profitable?" — Wow, “Fix your pet for $10. How can that be profitable?”

Big Cat Rescue volunteers and interns hand out treats to the cats

Dreaming of being chosen for the cast of Bun Heads

Big Cat Rescuers take a field trip to Elmira's Wildlife Sanctuary — Big Cat Rescuers take a field trip to Elmira’s Wildlife Sanctuary

Drooling over this fabulous aluminum transport wagon

Elmira's fabulous aluminum transport wagon — Elmira’s fabulous aluminum transport wagon

We need three like Elmira's fabulous aluminum transport wagon — We need three like Elmira’s fabulous aluminum transport wagon

This is the most intern participation we have had at Big Cat Rescue

Big Cat Rescue volunteers and interns are the force behind our efforts

Vern follows the sea of blue in his new golf cart

The cart is tricked out with ladder, tool boxes and everything you need to maintain BCR

Zabu the white tiger plays with enrichment at Big Cat Rescue

Zabu the white tiger shows off her enrichment at Big Cat Rescue

Zabu the white tiger drowns her enrichment at Big Cat Rescue

Zabu the white tiger swats her enrichment at Big Cat Rescue

Bengal Cat Rescue asked us to take this wild one but decided they didn't like the fact that we do not believe that hybrids should be bred — Bengal Cat Rescue asked us to take this wild one but decided they didn’t like the fact that we do not believe that hybrids should be bred

Big Cats Drown Big Toys at Big Cat Rescue

The pressure is on to hike this tube over 16 foot walls

See all that green? Vern keeps it all in line.

Zabu the white tigress hurries to get the tube into the pool

Enrichment Tossing 101 is a mandatory class at Big Cat Rescue

Animal Abuse Happening Right Next to Big Cat Rescue

http://www.myfoxtampabay.com/story/18783952/2012/06/14/in-citrus-park-shock-over-slaughter-allegations

We agree that we need a law to ban horse slaughter, but the blame really needs to be assigned to the people who are breeding or buying horses and dumping them. When people give away their horses, or sell them at auction or to people they don’t know, or do not provide proper security to their pastures, the horses can end up in the hands of people who will kill them and sell them for their meat.

This expose came about due to the undercover work of Animal Recovery Mission

Note to ARM: Thank you for exposing the horrid conditions that farm animals are forced to endure in the Citrus Park area next door to Big Cat Rescue. We have complained, repeatedly over the years, to Animal Services and the Sheriff’s department about the starving animals, the screams and the shots fired through our adjoining fence. We worked with the Sheriff’s office to let them see over our wall into the “farm” but didn’t hear anything more about it until you went public. They have since been back to investigate further and Victor Crist is a known animal lover who will surely work to close the loop hole that has allowed this to happen. For years we have had signs up on our tour path stating that our cages are cleaned daily and that the wretched smell was coming from the pig farm next door. Now people know for sure that we were telling the truth.