They used to cost around $50,000 each in the USA (1992). I have seen various prices from $40,000 to $65,000. However, things have changed dramatically in the USA, the home of the captive white tiger. The Big Cat Public Safety … continue reading…
In this interview of Carole Baskin by a presenter at WINK news, she speaks eloquently and fluently about her passion, which is to phase out private ownership of tigers in the USA and to end cub handling. She wants to … continue reading…
Ligers are real but unnatural. The liger is a hybrid from a mating between a female tiger and a male lion. The lion and tiger don’t meet in the wild. They only have the opportunity to mate when they are … continue reading…
NEWS AND COMMENT: Following the success of the Netflix docuseries, Tiger King, the producers have created Tiger King 2 which will aired on November 17, 2021. However, Carole Baskin feels very hard done by as they portrayed her in the … continue reading…
This is a great picture of a cat; a pet Bengal tiger. People are involved. There is tension. It is newsworthy. The photo was captured by an unknown member of the public on their smartphone I suspect. It is the … continue reading…
Carole Baskin has been physically threatened for 20 years ever since she started her campaign against private owners of captive big cats and their abuse. In case you don’t know, Carole Baskin is the lady who rescues big cats from … continue reading…
The creators of Tiger King, Rebecca Chaiklin and Eric Goode, have admitted in an interview with The Los Angeles Times last year that over the five years that it took to make the documentary series things changed and evolved and … continue reading…
NEWS AND COMMENT: The Big Cat Public Safety Act is federal draft legislation which “prohibits the private ownership of big cats like lions and tigers and curbs the exploitative industry of cub-petting” in America. One of the driving forces behind … continue reading…
NEWS AND VIEWS (COMMENTS): Joe Exotic is back in the news again. You can’t keep him away from the headlines. He was made famous in the television series Tiger King and he is serving a twenty-two year prison sentence in … continue reading…
It’s all over the Internet: Carole Baskin has told the world that she is bisexual. She is a high-profile lady so it’s big news and I think it’s a good thing. I think it’s good for her and good for … continue reading…
It is end of days for the big four “Tiger Kings” of America. One of these prominent big cat exploiters was (his days are numbered) the exotically named Bhagavan Doc Antle. He has been indicted on various animal cruelty charges … continue reading…
There is going to be a follow-up to the highly successful documentary seriesTiger King: Murder, Mayhem and Madness. I did not see Tiger King because I don’t subscribe to Netflix but it is the story of the conflict between Joe … continue reading…
Carole Baskin, the owner and CEO of Big Cat Rescue (BCR) in Florida, who has been in the news a lot recently because of the Netflix documentary about Joe Exotic A.K.A. the “Tiger King” has criticised Cardi B, an American … continue reading…
This really is a very distressing story. It hurts to read about it. It makes me sick to the stomach to be perfectly honest. It’s the kind of story which makes you wonder what the hell the human race is … continue reading…
I thought the news was quite shocking, really, but in an interview with an author on the Insider.com website Baskin said that she might not be able to reopen her sanctuary to the public once we get back to normal … continue reading…
