Tarzan Jailed and Illegally Held Big Cats Confiscated By SONJA ISGER Palm Beach Post Staff Writer LOXAHATCHEE — Former Tarzan movie actor Steve Sipek was released from jail this afternoon after authorities arrested him on misdemeanor charges related to the two tigers and one leopard he kept on his property. While he was being processed at [...]
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Tampa General Hospital Promoting Circus
A NIGHT AT THE CIRCUS This past weekend, Tampa General Hospital hosted its 21st annual “Night at the Circus,” a fundraising event held in conjunction with Ringling Brother’s Barnum & Bailey Circus. This went on though major newspapers around the country are speaking out against the inherent abuse in circuses. 29 countries around the [...]
Bengal Tiger Encounter Josip Marcan
Bengal Tiger Encounter Josip Marcan It looks like the Bengal Tiger Encounter is just another alias for Josip Marcan who also travels under the name Tigers of India and Adriatic Animal Attractions. Josip Marcan claims to be a veterinarian but he can not be found as licensed here www.myfloridalicense.com Legal Name (DBA): JOSIP MARCAN (ADRIATIC ANIMAL [...]
G.W. Exotics Animal Foundation Joe Schreibvogel
JOE SCHREIBVOGEL Researched and written by Howard Baskin JD, MBA, Advisory Board Chairman of Big Cat Rescue Joe Schreibvogel says that he and his parents started G.W. Exotic Memorial Animal Park in memory of a brother who loved animals. On December 10, 2010 Joe wrote on Facebook “…another employee quit today without so much as [...]
Rosaire Kay & Clay AKA Big Cat Habitat
Five Generations of Circus Acts that Exploit Tigers and Other Big Cats You can pretty much tell how much a person has to hide by how many names they operate under. Finding USDA reports on this facility and the Rosaire family has been one of the hardest because they keep changing names, changing locations and [...]
Doc Antle AKA Bhagavan Antle TIGERS
Mahamayavia Bhagavan Kevin “doc” Antle Timeline of Citations As of January 2012 it appears that Antle gave his remaining FL big cats to Marc McCarthy and has not renewed either of his FL permits to keep exotic animals in the state. Yay! As of 2011 it appears that Mahamayavia Bhagavan Kevin “doc” Antle has only two [...]
Wildlife Rescue and Rehab Vernon Yates
Vernon Yates Wildlife Rescue and Rehab Because Wildlife Rescue & Rehabilitation, Inc., is located in Seminole, FL and its owner, Vernon Yates is often set up in parking lots with his tigers in circus wagons for people to gawk at, we get a lot of angry mail from people asking us if this was our [...]
Big Cats of Serenity Springs Nick Sculac
USDA Sues Nick Sculac and Serenity Springs for Many Violations of the Animal Welfare Act Download 2012 filing: USDA Sues Nick Sculac and Serenity Springs for Many Violations of the Animal Welfare Act Nick Sculac of Big Cats of Serenity Springs Wildlife Center Faces Prison In 2010 their website claims they house 120 [...]
Tiger Truck Stop Michael Sandlin Tony the Tiger
Michael Sandlin Tiger Truck Stop The Animal Legal Defense Fund has been fighting a legal battle to send Tony the Truck Stop Tiger to a sanctuary. Please send this letter to the Iberville Parish council before 1/16/09 and, if you can, please attend their meeting on January 20th, 2009 at 6 PM at Iberville Parish [...]
