Show Me Tigers May 18, 2017 – Another clip shows the tigers in a ring during a training session. One glances over at the trainer and, seeing the whip in his hand, hurries away, terrified. These scenes appear to be business as usual for ShowMe Tigers, a traveling tiger act run by Ryan Easley that performs with…
2018 Update: After tons of complaints and a 140,000+ signature petition, Kalahari Resorts has finally ended their cub-petting displays. We’ve been monitoring this pretty closely and haven’t seen any evidence of cub-petting there since the summer of 2017. We get so many complaints about the poor cubs being used as photo and ego props in the mall at the…
Stephanie Taunton Hesperia Zoo December 2017. Based on the public information reported below, Hesperia Zoo appears to have repeatedly and continually shown contempt for the law, animal welfare, and public safety. Like some other facilities that we view as exploiting wild cats, Stephanie Taunton’s Hesperia Zoo has changed its name and used multiple names, which…
Big Cat Sanctuary in Kent, UK It’s not cute to breed big cats for life in prison! Taking them out to news stations just sends the worst possible message. They are not here for our amusement. People were loving this baby jaguar wandering around the BBC studio
An American teenager was arrested at Otay Mesa (San Diego) border for trying to smuggle tiger cub he allegedly purchased in Tijuana, Mexico for $300. The kid lives in Perris, California (outside of Los Angeles), which is also the current home of Have Trunk Will Travel and an exotic meat purveyor, Exotic Meat Market, who…