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    • Help free Tony!

    • PLEASE Help us free Tony from this prison! Tony has been in that small cage for a very long time (8 years) and he needs a better home! Visit www.everything4u.org/freetony for information. And www.freetony.com for a lot more information!

    • Help Florida to get a beastiality law!!!

    • Did you know that Florida is one of the 4 out of 50 states that does not have a beastiality law? Yes, it's true! This state has more reports than any other state involving this kind of activity.They even give the convicted person a misdemeaner which courts will give to people if someonewas taking illegel drugs. Please help them get a beastiality law! Click on one of these links and fill out the petition: http://www.capwiz.com/bigcatrescue/issues/alert/?alertid=13159506  http://www.capwiz.com/bigcatrescue/issues/alert/?alertid=13552586

    • Animal cruelty stops now!

    • As the second time of uploading this, I have created this video last night which has some slide shows and a ASPCA commercial. I also added facts of animal abuse. http://www.saveusdogs.com/cruelty.html www.petfinder.com

    • ASPCA

    • Every 10 Seconds, an animal is beaten or abused. Left suffered, and terrified.Log on to www.MyASPCA.org and for 18.00/mo. You can help rescue an animal from theirabusers and provide them food, shelter, and love.You will get a picture of an animal and a nice t-shirt.Let the animals know you care. Help an abused or beaten animal now.

    • Tigers In Unlocked cage In Backyard

    • Tunas, Missouri - two tigers are housed in a three sided barn in a backyard. They have no outside play yard, they have dirty water, a barren cage with only a small ball. The cage doors do not even have locks. This is unsafe for the community and very sad for the tigers. Go to www.CatLaws.com and tell Missouri Law makers this in not acceptable and ask them for new laws.

    • Tigers may be the first to vanish (Video)

    • I created this video a few days ago when one morning I was adding big cat news to my website till I saw a article about tigers may be the first to vanish. I thought I would create a video of one. I have a clip with Harrison Ford and a link to a petition about new rules being purposed in Florida. http://capwiz.com/bigcatrescue/issues/alert/?alertid=11494671&type=CU And here is a news article about 'Tigers may be the first to vanish' http://bigcatnews.blogspot.com/2008/06/tigers-may-be-first-to-vanish_25.html

    • Bill O'Reilly on Big Cats

    • Bill O'Reilly on Big Cats and other dangerous pets. Visit BillOReilly.com or Fox News for more.

    • Judy Berens After Cheetah Attack

    • Berens attacked by cheetahs Big Cat Rescue quoted Cheetahs maul caretaker Listen to this article or download audio file.Click-2-Listen By JANE MUSGRAVE Palm Beach Post Staff Writer Saturday, March 29, 2008 WELLINGTON ? The owner of a wildlife sanctuary was mauled by two cheetahs at the Panther Ridge Sanctuary on Saturday evening while about 20 horrified visitors looked on. Judy Berens was giving an exhibition with two of the large wildcats around 6 p.m. when one of them became distracted by a ball a child was bouncing outside the enclosure, said Gabriella Ferraro, a spokeswoman for the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission. As the cheetah ran toward the ball, it knocked its 58-year-old caretaker to the ground. The cats then jumped on her, biting and clawing her repeatedly, she said. Berens was airlifted to Delray Medical Center for treatment of about 40 puncture wounds to her arms, legs and back, she said. Later in the evening, Berens spoke with a center volunteer and said she was likely to be discharged on Monday. "She is lucky" Ferraro said. Two volunteers helped save her from further injury by grabbing hoses and spraying the cats until they released her, she said. The event that spiraled out of control was part of a fund-raiser Berens was having for the sanctuary that is also known as the Panther Ridge Conservation Center. Despite the attack no laws were broken, Ferraro said. The cheetahs were returned to their cages and no further action is expected. The cheetahs - 2-year-old males- arrived at the compound about three months ago from South Africa, she said. Wildlife officials inspected the state-licensed facility earlier this year and found everything in order, she said. Berens turned her 10-acre farm off 50th Street South into a sanctuary about five years ago. She cares for about 20 abandoned exotic cats, including caracals, jaguars, tigers and panthers. In 2005, a 500-pound Bengal tiger escaped from its unlatched cage. It was shot with a tranquilizer. It never left the fenced compound. Florida leads the nation in the number of attacks, maulings and deaths by wild cats, according to a Web site operated by Big Cat Rescue. From 1990 through 2007, 15 adults and five children nationwide have been killed by wild cats and 175 people have been mauled. In Florida, four people have been killed and 21 mauled in the same 17 years, the group reports. The last fatal attack in Florida occurred in July 2001 when a 500-pound male Siberian tiger at Savage Kingdom in Center Hill, east of Orlando, broke into an adjoining cage and attacked a workman who was making repairs. The facility was shut down in 2006. Berens gives tours and exhibitions to help defray the costs of caring for the animals. According to her Web site, her annual food bill is $30,000 and her annual vet bill is around $15,000. In a 2003 interview, Berens said her passion had risks. Further, while an avid lover of the wild animals, she didn't encourage others to follow her lead. She said she fashioned herself after Katharine Hepburn's leopard-owning character in Bringing up Baby. "I figured if she can have a leopard, why can't I have an ocelot?" she said. http://www.palmbeachpost.com/localnews/content/local_news/epaper/2008/03/29/s1c_cheetah_0330.html Carole's note: Her stupid comment at the end is exactly why displaying big cats as tractable is harmful to people and the cats. If show biz had not portrayed Hepburn as a master of the leopard, Berens might not have shelled out 7500.00 for her Jaguars that she bought from Lance Ramos, nor the 40,000 she paid for the Cheetahs. Buying cats is not rescuing them and we figured that out ten years ago. Exhibiting them as pets, even if you are saying that other people should not, just continues the spiral of abuse caused by supply and demand. For the cats, Carole Baskin, CEO of Big Cat Rescue an Educational Sanctuary home to more than 100 big cats 12802 Easy Street Tampa, FL 33625 813.493.4564 fax 885.4457 http://www.BigCatRescue.org MakeADifference@BigCatRescue.org Re: Cheetahs maul woman at wildlife sanctuary Thank you for letting your readers know the stats behind such reckless behaviour. Judy Berens comment that she models her cat collecting on Hepburn's movie character who had a leopard as a pet is exactly why displaying big cats as tractable is harmful to people and the cats. If show biz had not portrayed Hepburn as a master of the leopard, Berens might not have shelled out 7500.00 for her Jaguars that she bought from Lance Ramos, nor the 40,000 she paid for the Cheetahs. Buying cats is not rescuing them and we figured that out ten years ago. Exhibiting them as pets, even if you are saying that other people should not, just continues the spiral of abuse caused by supply and demand. I am also appalled that our US Fish and Wildlife Service approved the import of Cheetahs from Africa. They are only supposed to allow such imports for enhancement of the species, but to just add to your back yard collection does nothing to save the species. A lot of fraud goes on in Africa where places claim to be breeding for conservation, but none of the cats ever goes free. They are sold to zoos and private collectors like Berens. The fastest way to stop the cycle is to shed light on it and that is why you found our site and why I am so thankful for people like you. Keep up the good work.

    • Judy Berens Before Cheetah Attack

    • Although I really hate to show people petting big cats, this video leads up to the attack that puts Judy Berens in the hospital just days later. Watch all of the segments tagged "Judy Berens" and you will see that it never works out well for the person or the animal to act like this. Berens attacked by cheetahs Big Cat Rescue quoted Cheetahs maul caretaker Listen to this article or download audio file.Click-2-Listen By JANE MUSGRAVE Palm Beach Post Staff Writer Saturday, March 29, 2008 WELLINGTON ? The owner of a wildlife sanctuary was mauled by two cheetahs at the Panther Ridge Sanctuary on Saturday evening while about 20 horrified visitors looked on. Judy Berens was giving an exhibition with two of the large wildcats around 6 p.m. when one of them became distracted by a ball a child was bouncing outside the enclosure, said Gabriella Ferraro, a spokeswoman for the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission. As the cheetah ran toward the ball, it knocked its 58-year-old caretaker to the ground. The cats then jumped on her, biting and clawing her repeatedly, she said. Berens was airlifted to Delray Medical Center for treatment of about 40 puncture wounds to her arms, legs and back, she said. Later in the evening, Berens spoke with a center volunteer and said she was likely to be discharged on Monday. "She is lucky" Ferraro said. Two volunteers helped save her from further injury by grabbing hoses and spraying the cats until they released her, she said. The event that spiraled out of control was part of a fund-raiser Berens was having for the sanctuary that is also known as the Panther Ridge Conservation Center. Despite the attack no laws were broken, Ferraro said. The cheetahs were returned to their cages and no further action is expected. The cheetahs - 2-year-old males- arrived at the compound about three months ago from South Africa, she said. Wildlife officials inspected the state-licensed facility earlier this year and found everything in order, she said. Berens turned her 10-acre farm off 50th Street South into a sanctuary about five years ago. She cares for about 20 abandoned exotic cats, including caracals, jaguars, tigers and panthers. In 2005, a 500-pound Bengal tiger escaped from its unlatched cage. It was shot with a tranquilizer. It never left the fenced compound. Florida leads the nation in the number of attacks, maulings and deaths by wild cats, according to a Web site operated by Big Cat Rescue. From 1990 through 2007, 15 adults and five children nationwide have been killed by wild cats and 175 people have been mauled. In Florida, four people have been killed and 21 mauled in the same 17 years, the group reports. The last fatal attack in Florida occurred in July 2001 when a 500-pound male Siberian tiger at Savage Kingdom in Center Hill, east of Orlando, broke into an adjoining cage and attacked a workman who was making repairs. The facility was shut down in 2006. Berens gives tours and exhibitions to help defray the costs of caring for the animals. According to her Web site, her annual food bill is $30,000 and her annual vet bill is around $15,000. In a 2003 interview, Berens said her passion had risks. Further, while an avid lover of the wild animals, she didn't encourage others to follow her lead. She said she fashioned herself after Katharine Hepburn's leopard-owning character in Bringing up Baby. "I figured if she can have a leopard, why can't I have an ocelot?" she said. http://www.palmbeachpost.com/localnews/content/local_news/epaper/2008/03/29/s1c_cheetah_0330.html Carole's note: Her stupid comment at the end is exactly why displaying big cats as tractable is harmful to people and the cats. If show biz had not portrayed Hepburn as a master of the leopard, Berens might not have shelled out 7500.00 for her Jaguars that she bought from Lance Ramos, nor the 40,000 she paid for the Cheetahs. Buying cats is not rescuing them and we figured that out ten years ago. Exhibiting them as pets, even if you are saying that other people should not, just continues the spiral of abuse caused by supply and demand. For the cats, Carole Baskin, CEO of Big Cat Rescue an Educational Sanctuary home to more than 100 big cats 12802 Easy Street Tampa, FL 33625 813.493.4564 fax 885.4457

    • Mark McCarthy on Cheetah Attack

    • Berens attacked by cheetahs Big Cat Rescue quoted Cheetahs maul caretaker Listen to this article or download audio file.Click-2-Listen By JANE MUSGRAVE Palm Beach Post Staff Writer Saturday, March 29, 2008 WELLINGTON ? The owner of a wildlife sanctuary was mauled by two cheetahs at the Panther Ridge Sanctuary on Saturday evening while about 20 horrified visitors looked on. Judy Berens was giving an exhibition with two of the large wildcats around 6 p.m. when one of them became distracted by a ball a child was bouncing outside the enclosure, said Gabriella Ferraro, a spokeswoman for the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission. As the cheetah ran toward the ball, it knocked its 58-year-old caretaker to the ground. The cats then jumped on her, biting and clawing her repeatedly, she said. Berens was airlifted to Delray Medical Center for treatment of about 40 puncture wounds to her arms, legs and back, she said. Later in the evening, Berens spoke with a center volunteer and said she was likely to be discharged on Monday. "She is lucky" Ferraro said. Two volunteers helped save her from further injury by grabbing hoses and spraying the cats until they released her, she said. The event that spiraled out of control was part of a fund-raiser Berens was having for the sanctuary that is also known as the Panther Ridge Conservation Center. Despite the attack no laws were broken, Ferraro said. The cheetahs were returned to their cages and no further action is expected. The cheetahs - 2-year-old males- arrived at the compound about three months ago from South Africa, she said. Wildlife officials inspected the state-licensed facility earlier this year and found everything in order, she said. Berens turned her 10-acre farm off 50th Street South into a sanctuary about five years ago. She cares for about 20 abandoned exotic cats, including caracals, jaguars, tigers and panthers. In 2005, a 500-pound Bengal tiger escaped from its unlatched cage. It was shot with a tranquilizer. It never left the fenced compound. Florida leads the nation in the number of attacks, maulings and deaths by wild cats, according to a Web site operated by Big Cat Rescue. From 1990 through 2007, 15 adults and five children nationwide have been killed by wild cats and 175 people have been mauled. In Florida, four people have been killed and 21 mauled in the same 17 years, the group reports. The last fatal attack in Florida occurred in July 2001 when a 500-pound male Siberian tiger at Savage Kingdom in Center Hill, east of Orlando, broke into an adjoining cage and attacked a workman who was making repairs. The facility was shut down in 2006. Berens gives tours and exhibitions to help defray the costs of caring for the animals. According to her Web site, her annual food bill is $30,000 and her annual vet bill is around $15,000. In a 2003 interview, Berens said her passion had risks. Further, while an avid lover of the wild animals, she didn't encourage others to follow her lead. She said she fashioned herself after Katharine Hepburn's leopard-owning character in Bringing up Baby. "I figured if she can have a leopard, why can't I have an ocelot?" she said. http://www.palmbeachpost.com/localnews/content/local_news/epaper/2008/03/29/s1c_cheetah_0330.html Carole's note: Her stupid comment at the end is exactly why displaying big cats as tractable is harmful to people and the cats. If show biz had not portrayed Hepburn as a master of the leopard, Berens might not have shelled out 7500.00 for her Jaguars that she bought from Lance Ramos, nor the 40,000 she paid for the Cheetahs. Buying cats is not rescuing them and we figured that out ten years ago. Exhibiting them as pets, even if you are saying that other people should not, just continues the spiral of abuse caused by supply and demand. For the cats, Carole Baskin, CEO of Big Cat Rescue an Educational Sanctuary home to more than 100 big cats 12802 Easy Street Tampa, FL 33625 813.493.4564 fax 885.4457

    • Tippi Hedren About Shambala 5

    • Tippi Hedren About Shambala 5

    • Working In the Rain

    • Big Cat Rescuers Working in the Rain and Supporters Visiting in the Rain. I love these people!

    • Lion Hugs and Lion Mauls Woman

    • Lion Hugs and Lion Mauls Woman

    • Big Cat Rescuers TV Episode 1b

    • Part 2 of episode one of The Big Cat Rescuers TV show

    • Big Cat Rescuers TV Episode 1a

    • Part 1 of this 2 part episode.

    • Animal Life Boat (animals in zoos)

    • Animal Life Boat (animals in zoos)

    • Animal Life Boat (animals in zoos)

    • Animal Life Boat (animals in zoos)

    • Woman Risks Lions Life

    • So many people have seen this and thought it was just wonderful, but what they don't realize is that she is putting the cat's life in danger by indulging her desire to touch the wild. When big cat injure humans they are almost always killed.

    • Tigers Beat the Heat

    • Big Cat Rescue's tigers beat the heat in pools donated by some of our great donors.

    • Tiger Time

    • Big Cat Rescue's tigers

    • A Life Sentence Part 1

    • A Life Sentence Part 1 is an undercover video by API showing what most of the places who are keeping exotic animals look like behind closed doors.

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