This is another tidbit of exotic Americana; the world of private zoos, exotic cats and equally exotic names and behaviour. Joe Exotic has been in the news a lot recently because he is serving a 22 year prison sentence for … continue reading…
What about the ethics behind the current world’s largest cat, Apollo, bred by Doc Antle?
continue reading...On the first day of their lives, Joe Exotic took cubs from their mothers that he had deliberately bred to exploit them. When the cubs grew up they were surplus to requirements and parked at the back of his wildlife … continue reading…
To those sceptics of Carole Baskin of Big Cat Rescue who claim that she is not concerned with big cat welfare but with making money, I’d like to point out that she has been campaigning for the passage of an … continue reading…
It’s been reported that the feud over big cats between Joe Exotic and Carole Baskin, the founder and owner of Big Cat Rescue (BCR), as documented by Netflix in their film “Tiger King: Murder, Mayhem and Madness” is the most … continue reading…
THIS IS AN OPINION ARTICLE: Netflix has made a documentary series called Tiger King, which was meant to be a big cat version of their documentary exposing animal abuse at SeaWorld called Blackfish. The directors of Tiger King approached animal … continue reading…
News/opinion article: The news is that Joe Exotic (real name: Joseph Maldonado-Passage) has been sentenced to 22 years in jail for abusing big cats and trying to hire a hit man to kill Carole Baskin the CEO and founder of … continue reading…
This is a further and final follow-up post in the saga of Joe Exotic’s trial for a federal murder-four-hire plot to kill Carole Baskin, the Big Cat Rescue founder, last year. His real name is Joseph Maldonado-Passage. The online news … continue reading…
In the trial of Joseph Maldonado-Passage aka Joe Exotic, a man, Allen Glover, testified under oath that Joe Exotic gave him $3,000 to cut the head off Carole Baskin the well-known founder, owner and manager of the equally well-known Big … continue reading…
I wrote about Joe Exotic years ago (link) and discovered then that he was the owner of America’s largest private zoo (another link). He is obsessed with big cats and he said that the tiger would be extinct in the … continue reading…
This is a moral and ethical dilemma as much as a practical problem. Big Cat Rescue (BCR), a controversial wild cat sanctuary in Tampa, Florida run by Carole Baskin, say that they have to feed specially bred live rabbits to … continue reading…
By Steffanie (a visitor to PoC who wrote long comments related to my article: Is Big Cat Rescue a Sham?) Introduction by Michael (Admin): Steffanie makes a lot of strong statements. These are her opinions and her statements are allegations … continue reading…
Whether they are wild big cats, or the sweet miniature predators – the domestic house kitties that grace our hearts and homes – they all need love, safety and protection. Carole Baskin, the founder and CEO of Big Cat Rescue … continue reading…
I made a post about Big Cat Rescue (BCR) 9 months ago. I said I admired the work of Carole Baskin (formerly Carole Lewis) the founder. BCR was called Wildlife on Easy Street (WOES). I have been constructively criticised recently … continue reading…
