When lions and tigers wind up performing in circuses, caged in roadside zoos or purchased as pets, it often ends badly. When that happens, the animals may land at Tampa’s Big Cat Rescue, where they’ll be nursed back to health. This story on the beautiful big cats is part of season two of WILD TRAVELS. More on the travel series on our website https://www.wildtravelstv.com/
Convicted & Sentenced to 22 Years in the Federal Penitentiary! 1/22/19 See quotes, photo and video at https://bigcatrescue.org/sentencing-statement/ How Carole Baskin Feels About It: https://bigcatrescue.org/what-joe-exotics-sentence-means-to-me/ 4/2/2019 – I am grateful that justice was served and Joe Schreibvogel-Maldonado-Passage hopefully will serve time in prison and no longer present a threat either to me or to his…
The Role of the U.S. Captive Tiger Population in the Trade in Tiger Parts Flawed U.S. Regulations Make Tigers in Captivity Vulnerable WASHINGTON, July 31, 2008 – Huge gaps in U.S. regulations for tigers held in captivity could make the big cats a target for illegal trade, wildlife trade monitoring group TRAFFIC and World…
What’s All the Buzz at Big Cat Rescue? Honey Bees! A few years ago Vernon Stairs was using the weed whacker back in the heavy brush behind Cameron the Lion and Zabu the White Tiger’s cage when he accidentally stepped into a fallen bee’s nest. The hundreds of stings he endured would have killed most people…
Watch Alexander’s dramatic rescue then donate below to help care for him Abandoned without food or clean water, eight big cats were rescued from small, inadequately secured enclosures on May 5, 2013. One of the cats, Alexander, arrived safely at The Fund for Animals’ Cleveland Amory Black Beauty Ranch a day later. Alexander…
To Celebrate Mother’s Day, Will You Help Us “Mother” Our Foster Kittens? Did you know that Big Cat Rescue fosters domestic kittens until they are old enough to be adopted? In the last 3 years our interns and volunteers have mothered literally hundreds of foster kittens! This includes mommy cats with babies, bottle feeder…
WHAT DOES IT MEAN TO UNDERSTAND SOMETHING? I only had a sense I must go; an urging that would not be quiet. It would be more than a month before I had the opportunity to visit Big Cat Rescue. I went to the sanctuary with an open mind and no expectations. From the very moment…