Apparently Eric John Drogosch of Great Cat Adventures lost his USDA license in 2010 but continued to exhibit tigers. Finally, in Nov 2012 the USDA entered an order against him for $108,857.00 for 167 violations of the Animal Welfare Act and another $27,550.00 as a civil penalty for failure to comply with their previous order that he cease and desist from exhibiting wild cats.
Bangladesh suspends officials over tiger smuggling Nine officials have been suspended after the finding of Bengal tiger cubs at a house in Dhaka. Despite strict wildlife-protection laws, poaching remains rampant in Bangladesh. Bangladesh said on Monday that nine forest officials had been suspended for “gross negligence” after three Bengal tiger cubs were found in…
HONDO, Texas – Over the past few months residents in Hondo and the surrounding area have been reporting sightings of a mountain lion. Some thought the sightings were a just case of mistaken identity until a security camera captured an image of a mountain lion near a city owned nature trail and park last month….
Bangladesh’s elite Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) rescued the two-month-old cubs in June after a tip-off that the endangered animals from the Sundarbans mangrove forest were in cages at the house ready to be sold. The raid raised alarm over the safety of about 400 tigers living in the Bangladeshi part of the 4,000-square-mile coastal forest…
Horrific moment three young tigers attack and eat young cub at Chinese wildlife park ‘because they hadn’t been fed’ Visitors said the Siberian tigers looked hungry and had no food These horrific images show three young tigers killing and feeding on a young cub at a safari park in eastern China, apparently because they had…
Birth of Tiger Cubs Inspires Travelers to Volunteer Friday, 4 November 2011 i-to-i Volunteering is attributing a recent spike in enquiry to the birth of three big cat babies at Sydney’s Taronga Zoo last week. THE hearts of Aussie animal lovers were officially sent roaring after the birth of three baby Sumatran tigers at Taronga Zoo last…
Columbus Zoo Blamed for Leopard’s Death POWELL — The federal government says the Columbus Zoo is to blame for the death of a leopard that survived last year’s Zanesville escape. The cat was killed while being transferred to a new cage at the zoo in January. A newly released U.S. Department of Agriculture…