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Shambala is maintained by the Roar Foundation, founded by actress Tippi Hedren in 1983. Shambala cares for endangered exotic big cats such as African lions, Siberian tigers and Bengal tigers, leopards, servals, mountain lions, bobcats, plus a lynx, a Florida panther, and a liger. [1]
The Wild Animal Sanctuary is a 1,214-acre (491 ha) animal sanctuary in Keenesburg, Colorado, United States.The sanctuary specializes in rescuing and caring for large predators which are being ill-treated, for which their owners can no longer care, or which might otherwise be euthanized. [3]
In 2019 the Big Cat Public Safety Act was revised to end cub handling, the primary cause of abuse [35] and phase out private ownership of big cats, while allowing possession by USDA licensees. As of January 2020, HR1380 had 227 co-sponsors in the House [ 36 ] and the companion bill, S2561 has 17 co-sponsors in the Senate . [ 37 ]
Many of its animals are classed as vulnerable to the risk of extinction, according to the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) Red List of Threatened Species. Follow BBC Kent on ...
Weighing up to 260kg and measuring up to three metres in length, the tiger is the largest of the big cats. Tiger photo-book raising funds for big cat conservation launched this week Skip to main ...
Bird flu has been on the rise in Washington state and one sanctuary was hit hard: 20 big cats – more than half of the facility’s population – died over the course of weeks.
Carolina Tiger was a founding member of the Big Cat Sanctuary Alliance (BCSA) in 2017. BCSA membership is limited to bona fide facilities that meet the federal definition for a wildlife sanctuary. The Alliance is dedicated to eliminating private ownership and the commercial exploitation of wild cats in the US.
Founded in 2006, Panthera is devoted to the conservation of the world’s 40 species of wild cats and the vast ecosystems they inhabit. Their team of biologists, data scientists, law enforcement experts and wild cat advocates studies and protects the seven species of big cats: cheetahs, jaguars, leopards, lions, pumas, snow leopards and tigers.