Carolina Tiger Rescue, formerly the Carnivore Preservation Trust, is a 501(c)3 nonprofit wildlife sanctuary whose mission is saving and protecting wild cats in captivity and in the wild.

Carolina Tiger Rescue is open to the public for guided tours, by reservation only.

Wildcats in Captivity News

Tuesday, August 3, 2010

(Un)happy hunters

An article exploring the process of hunting wildcats in canned hunts in Namibia and South Africa, having them stuffed as trophies, and returned to the US. It exposes how organized the process is of juggling animals from the kill through the taxidermist and back to the hunter.

The hunting business mentioned in the article, Frontier Safaris, includes a price list on their website. The cost of killing a caracal (referred to on the site as a "Cape Lynx") can bring in $400-$500 per day of hunting, $1500 to kill the caracal, and another $500 to have the animal stuffed, and $250 or more to ship. The site also provides costs to stuff cheetah, lion, leopard, and serval, among many other species of African wildlife.

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