Carolina Tiger Rescue- Blogs - Wildcats In Captivity

7 Baby Lion Cubs Debut At National Zoo In Washington, D.C.

noreply@blogger.com (Carolina Tiger Rescue) — Thu, 23 Dec 2010 20:32:00 +0000

(NICHOLAS KAMM/AFP/Getty Images)

On Saturday, two litters of lion cubs were debuted at the National Zoo in Washington D.C.

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Cheetahs In, Leopards Out

noreply@blogger.com (Carolina Tiger Rescue) — Thu, 23 Dec 2010 19:34:00 +0000

The Mysore Zoo in Karnataka, India will be getting 4 cheetahs from Africa in January. To make room for the move, eight leopards were moved to Bannerghatta National Park, Bangalore.

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Animals Around the World - An extravaganza of vacation fun

noreply@blogger.com (Carolina Tiger Rescue) — Thu, 23 Dec 2010 18:59:00 +0000

On Tuesday, kids at the Orpheum in Foxborough, MA, will have a chance to meet a kinkajou as part of the presentation "Animals Around the World" put on by Creature Teachers of Littleon, MA.

Carolina Tiger Rescue considers kinkajous to be Level 4 animals, the same aggression rating Carolina Tiger gives to its tigers.

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Safari Founder passes away

noreply@blogger.com (Carolina Tiger Rescue) — Thu, 23 Dec 2010 18:55:00 +0000

Barbara Hart, the founder of Wildlife Safari in Winston, OR, passed away. The park has been open since 1972 and has gained a reputation for breeding cheetahs- its initial purpose.

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Wildlife Trade brings tarantulas, pythons, and cobras

noreply@blogger.com (Carolina Tiger Rescue) — Sun, 05 Dec 2010 17:27:00 +0000

An exotic animal dealer in Deerfield Beach, FL, offers kinkajous for $3,200.

Carolina Tiger Rescue is opposed to the private individual ownership of dangerous wild animals as pets and considers kinkajous to be Level 4 animals, the same aggression rating Carolina Tiger gives to its tigers.

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Exotic Cat Found in Warren County To Go Back to Owner

noreply@blogger.com (Carolina Tiger Rescue) — Sun, 05 Dec 2010 15:27:00 +0000

A serval was found in a barn in Harlan, OH. The owner eventually came forward to claim her.

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Animal control officers battle everything from lost pets to escaped livestock

noreply@blogger.com (Carolina Tiger Rescue) — Fri, 03 Dec 2010 15:11:00 +0000

An animal control officer refers to a case involving a kinkajou, which escaped from an exotic animal farm, but was caught and returned. The kinkajou escaped a second time and was never found.

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Mexico Battle Over Cancun Tigers Close to Climax

noreply@blogger.com (Carolina Tiger Rescue) — Sun, 28 Nov 2010 21:46:00 +0000

On November 8th, a tiger named Satan escaped and attacked a man that Satan's owner, Jose Juarez Gil — or "Pepe Tiger" , claims was intruding on his land. The mauled man is recovering from non-life-threatening wounds in a nearby hospital.

Officials hope to remove Juarez Gil's 8 tigers and 2 jaguars and send them to a refuge in Colorado.

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Oregon to end exotic pet permits in 2011

noreply@blogger.com (Carolina Tiger Rescue) — Sun, 28 Nov 2010 16:23:00 +0000

Oregon announces that the state will no longer issue permits to individuals that simply want to own an exotic pet- including any type of feline that is not a domestic cat. People that currently own exotic cats will be allowed to maintain their permit until that animal dies or until it is sold.

Current permits in Oregon for wildcats include servals, caracals, an ocelot, lynx, margay, and a Geoffrey cat.

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San Diego Zoo Safari Park Guests Can See 10-Day-Old Cheetah Cub Playing

noreply@blogger.com (Carolina Tiger Rescue) — Sun, 28 Nov 2010 15:43:00 +0000

Guests to San Diego Zoo's Safari Park can view Kiburi, a 10-day-old cheetah cub, through a window at the park's nusery facility.

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3 cheetahs return to the National Zoo

noreply@blogger.com (Carolina Tiger Rescue) — Sun, 28 Nov 2010 15:37:00 +0000

Three male cheetahs, Draco, Granger and Zabini, return to the National Zoo after a stint at the Zoo's conservation facility in Front Royal, VA. They will be going on display Thanksgiving weekend.

The male cheetahs, born in 2005, were named after Harry Potter characters.

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Tiger attack tapes turn up tasty treat

noreply@blogger.com (Carolina Tiger Rescue) — Sun, 28 Nov 2010 15:23:00 +0000

Escaped beast: Tatiana, a female Siberian tiger, was shot to death by police officers after she attacked three males, killing one, at the San Francisco Zoo in 2007.

Transcripts of interviews with the boys who witnessed the escape and attack by Tatiana tiger at the San Francisco Zoo on Christmas of 2007 have been released. The interviews fail to clear up allegations that Tatiana was taunted prior to the attack.

Sousa's attorney, who represents the family of the boy killed by Tatiana, points out that the tiger should have been contained regardless of what may have motivated the attack.

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Company Adds Two New Products to Already Popular Line-up

noreply@blogger.com (Carolina Tiger Rescue) — Tue, 23 Nov 2010 20:48:00 +0000

Crazy K Farm in Hempstead, TX has added a serval harness to their line of products.

Carolina Tiger is opposed to the private ownership of wildcats such as servals and feels the rightful place for these animals is in the wild.

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Police capture wild cougar on loose in San Antonio

noreply@blogger.com (Carolina Tiger Rescue) — Mon, 22 Nov 2010 22:54:00 +0000

A cougar escaped from the Wild Animal Orphanage on Friday. The cougar named Sara was 12 years old, declawed, and feeble from arthritis. The cougar was receovered by police.

The WAO announced at the end of August that they were closing and are in the process of relocating hundreds of animals. Carolina Tiger Rescue accepted Sebastian, Sheba, and Tarzan lions and Titan, Bali, and Java tigers from the facility and the 6 cats arrived on November 12th and are currently in Karen's Keep, Carolina Tiger's quarantine.

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Lion cubs learn how to swim

noreply@blogger.com (Carolina Tiger Rescue) — Thu, 28 Oct 2010 01:47:00 +0000

Keepers at the National Zoo in DC carefully tested the swimming abilities of 4 8-week-old lion cubs, to ensure that they will be safe when they are moved to a new enclosure with a moat in December.

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Bruce Cullerton, Jaguar Mauling Victim, Killed In Belize

noreply@blogger.com (Carolina Tiger Rescue) — Thu, 28 Oct 2010 01:30:00 +0000

A 4 year old jaguar named Max, kept by wildlife conservation filmmakers Richard and Carol Foster, escaped from his enclosure during Hurricane Richard, mauled, and killed Bruce Cullerton, the Foster's neighbor.

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Article: Jaguar kills American National, Bruce Cullerton

Sir Bani Yas Island celebrates completing another outstanding year

noreply@blogger.com (Carolina Tiger Rescue) — Wed, 27 Oct 2010 02:07:00 +0000

A resort in Abu Dhabi adds caracals to their nature-themed Arabian Wildlife Park.

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Man bitten by tiger is in good condition at UW Hospital

noreply@blogger.com (Carolina Tiger Rescue) — Sat, 23 Oct 2010 22:28:00 +0000

Jon Meeker, volunteer at Wisconsin Big Cat Rescue, was bitten by a tiger on Friday while changing the animal's water. The tiger was able to reach through the fence enough to grab Meeker's sweatshirt and pull his arm into the cage. Meeker and other representatives at the facility feel that this was a freak incident, and that the tiger only wanted to play.

Jeff Kozlowski, owner of the facility, says that he may consider additional fencing and advising volunteers on their clothing choices. Wisconsin Big Cat Rescue was founded in 2005.

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U.S. urged to regulate 'backyard tigers'

noreply@blogger.com (Carolina Tiger Rescue) — Fri, 22 Oct 2010 22:48:00 +0000

A report from the World Wildlife Fund and TRAFFIC, the wildlife trade monitoring network, estimates that 5000 tigers are held in private ownership in the US, causing some to call for regulation on "backyard tigers" that endanger the public and possibly feed an illegal trade in tiger parts.

Leigh Henry, WWF senior policy officer for Species Conservation , is calling for "a central reporting system and database run by the federal government and that would be required for all tigers in the U.S. without exception," to track where the animals are, who owns them, wen they are bought and sold, when they're born, and when they die to ensure the animals are not used in illegal trade.

Such a system was recently put into place in Iowa, who banned tiger ownership and puts restrictions on existing tiger owners.

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WWF Web Article

noreply@blogger.com (Carolina Tiger Rescue) — Thu, 21 Oct 2010 23:06:00 +0000

A serval was sighted early Thursday morning in Youngsville, Louisiana. Animal control has set traps for the cat, and a local park was temporarily closed to ensure childrens' safety, but has since been reopened.

No potential owner was mentioned in the article, but comments from people in the area have speculated.

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'Mogul and Cheetah Owner' Slim Chin 'Sings' for Adidas

noreply@blogger.com (Carolina Tiger Rescue) — Wed, 20 Oct 2010 20:17:00 +0000

Adidas is releasing a campaign for its adiZero Rose and Beast, signature shoes for Derrick Rose and Dwight Howard. The new ads feature Ken Jeoung as "Slim Chin", a mogul with an extravagant lifestyle, including a pet cheetah.

Carolina Tiger Rescue is opposed to the use of wild animals for purposes other than education or breeding in accordance with Species Survival and Population Management Plans.

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Tiger Cubs Cause Festival Controversy

noreply@blogger.com (Carolina Tiger Rescue) — Tue, 19 Oct 2010 15:02:00 +0000

Last weekend, the Autumn on the River Festival in Bethlehem, IN sold booth space to Tim Stark, so he could display 10 week old tiger cubs and charge visitors to his booth to get their photos taken with the cubs.

Trish Roehm, a volunteer who regularly helps to coordinate the festival, abstained from helping this year in protest. Ms. Roehm also works with animal rescue groups and feels that including the booth in the festival sends the wrong message about wildcats as pets.

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Zoo to close Cat House Nov. 1

noreply@blogger.com (Carolina Tiger Rescue) — Sat, 16 Oct 2010 20:32:00 +0000

The Cincinnati Zoo announced that the Cat House will be closed beginning Nov. 1st for renovations, and will reopen as the Night Hunters exhibit in spring 2011. Animals slated to be in the nocturnal exhibit include Pallas' cat, clouded leopard, ocelot, black-footed cat, sand cat, fishing cat, and bearcat.

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'White Lion' film highlights canned trophy hunting in South Africa

noreply@blogger.com (Carolina Tiger Rescue) — Fri, 15 Oct 2010 19:20:00 +0000

The film White Lion opens today in select US cities. The film follows the story of a white lion from cub to maturity, as he narrowly avoids the a common lion fate of being killed in a canned hunt.

Tourists pay up to $40,000 in canned hunts sanctioned by African governments to make a "trophy kill" of African cats that are bred in captivity and then hunted in a contained environment. The industry brings in $91.2 billion each year according to the Professional Hunters Association of South Africa.

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Busch Gardens Tampa Bay unveils plans for new coaster and cheetah habitat

noreply@blogger.com (Carolina Tiger Rescue) — Thu, 14 Oct 2010 20:20:00 +0000

Busch Gardens in Tampa plans to offer a new attraction based on the cheetah that includes both an animal exhibit and cheetah-themed roller coaster.

Carolina Tiger Rescue is opposed to the use of wild animals for purposes other than education or breeding in accordance with Species Survival and Population Management Plans.

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