In an exclusive footage retrieved by the Gabo Wildlife Foundation, popular Instagram influencer Dean Schneider can be seen ruthlessly punching a lion cub. Self-proclaimed “wildlife warriors,” such as Dean Schneider, Kevin Richardson, Eddie Serio, Jim Fowler and the late Steve Irwin, have based their celebrity status on showcasing wild animals in filming, mass media and recently…
A woman was killed by one of the lions that Kevin Richardson was walking. The lioness ran away from Richardson and two miles down the road came across a woman who was leaving an interview to get in her car and killed her. Some of the better articles on this tragedy: https://www.facebook.com/notes/captive-wildlife-watchdog/the-trust-of-the-innocent-is-the-liars-most-useful-tool/2615664205323050/ https://news.nationalgeographic.com/2018/03/woman-mauled-death-lion-kevin-richardson-lion-whisperer-south-africa-private-reserves-lion-walks-spd/ http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-5444761/Lioness-killed-woman-African-park-killed.html https://rekordeast.co.za/162619/update-woman-mauled-death-sanctuary-famous-lion-whisperer/…
Updated October 2019 Vincent Von Duke is a sixth-generation circus trainer based in Lakeland, Florida who presents a traveling big cat show called Close Encounters of the Exotic Kind at Shrine circuses and fairs throughout the eastern United States. Von Duke formerly trained big cats for a circus which closed in the late 1980’s. When…
PETA Alerts USDA to Unlicensed Doug Terranova’s Recent Circus Performances September 10, 2019 Contact: David Perle 202-483-7382 Kaufman, Texas – The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) permanently revoked the federal Animal Welfare Act (AWA) license of Doug Terranova, a Kaufman-based animal exhibitor, on August 30 and ordered him and his company to pay a total of $64,700 in…
Nikulin Moscow Circus, Russia This video was taken in 2016 at the Nikulin Circus in Moscow, Russia. This circus is known for allowing the public to pay for novelty photos with their lions and tigers outside each performance — this video was taken in the photo booth area. The New York Times wrote an article about this practice,…