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Joe Biden signs the Big Cat Public Safety Act

December 22, 2022 By Merritt Clifton

Fifteen-year campaign nears climax for Howard & Carole Baskin             WASHINGTON D.C.––U.S. President Joe Biden on December 20,  2022 endorsed the Big Cat Public Safety Act into law. The Big Cat Public Safety Act on December 6,  2022 was unanimously passed by the U.S. Senate on a voice vote,  after clearing the House of Representatives […]

Filed Under: Advocacy, Africa, African wildlife, Animal organizations, Asia/Pacific, Culture & Animals, Endangered species, Entertainment, Exhibition, Feature Home Bottom, Habitat, India, Indian subcontinent, Laws, Laws & politics, Sanctuaries, Tigers, USA, Wildlife, Wildlife, Zoos Tagged With: Carole Baskin, Howard Baskin, Joseph Schreibvogel Maldonado, Kevin Antle, Merritt Clifton, Tim Stark

Big Cat Public Safety Act clears House again, heads toward passage

July 31, 2022 By Merritt Clifton

Odds for Senate approval look good this time WASHINGTON D.C.––Clearing the U.S. House of Representatives by a vote of 278-138,  the Big Cat Public Safety Act pushed since 2007 by Carole and Howard Baskin of Big Cat Rescue appears likely to win U.S. Senate approval as well,  and be signed into law by President Joe […]

Filed Under: Advocacy, Africa, African species, African wildlife, Animal organizations, Captive animals, Culture & Animals, Endangered species, Entertainment, Exhibition, Feature Home Bottom, Hunted species, Hunting practices, India, Laws, Laws & politics, Mexico, Poaching & trafficking, Predators, Sanctuaries, The Americas, Tigers, U.S., USA, Wildlife, Wildlife, Zoos Tagged With: Brian Fitzpatrick, Carole Baskin, Eduardo Serio, Ernesto Zazueta, Howard Baskin, Kevin Antle, Lacey Act, Merritt Clifton, Mike Quigley

See the video exposé that sent Jack Hanna into demented retirement––free!

February 26, 2022 By Merritt Clifton

The Conservation Game Directed by Michael Webber, featuring Tim Harrison,  founder,  Outreach for Animals If you have not yet seen The Conservation Game,  the acclaimed exposé of exotic cat exhibition and trafficking that sent longtime animal exhibitor Jack Hanna into retirement due to alleged dementia,  there will never be a better time to watch it––free––than […]

Filed Under: Advocacy, Africa, African wildlife, Animal organizations, Book & film reviews, Conservation, Culture & Animals, Endangered species, Entertainment, Exhibition, Feature Home Bottom, Hunting practices, Laws, Laws & politics, Sanctuaries, Screen industry, USA, Wildlife, Zoos Tagged With: Carole Baskin, Howard Baskin, Jeff Kremer, Merritt Clifton, Michael Webber, Tim Harrison

Carole Baskin & Big Cat Rescue win custody of “Tiger King” Joe Exotic’s tigers

June 2, 2020 By Merritt Clifton

Federal court ruling satisfies seven-year-old lien             OKLAHOMA CITY,  TAMPA–– U.S. District Court Judge Scott Palk on June 1,  2020 ruled that Big Cat Rescue founder Carole Baskin and her husband,  attorney Howard Baskin,  have “sufficiently traced funds to allow for the imposition of a constructive trust” on the G.W. Exotic Animal Memorial Park in Wynnewood, Oklahoma. […]

Filed Under: Advocacy, Animal organizations, Culture & Animals, Entertainment, Exhibition, Feature Home Bottom, Sanctuaries, USA, Zoos Tagged With: Carole Baskin, Howard Baskin, Jeff Lowe, Joe Exotic, Scott Palk, Shirley Schreibvogel

“Joe Exotic” gets 22 years in a cage for murder plot

January 23, 2020 By Merritt Clifton

Sentenced on 17 counts,  including soliciting murder of Big Cat Rescue founder Carole Baskin             OKLAHOMA CITY,  Oklahoma––U.S. District Court Judge Scott Palk on January 23,  2020 sentenced self-styled entertainer “Joe Exotic” Joseph Allen Maldonado-Passage,  57,   formerly known as Joe Schreibvogel,  to serve 22 years in prison for having solicited the murder of Big Cat […]

Filed Under: Animal organizations, Culture & Animals, Endangered species, Entertainment, Exhibition, Feature Home Bottom, Sanctuaries, USA, Wildlife, Zoos Tagged With: Carole Baskin, Howard Baskin, Joe Schreibvogel, Joseph Maldonado, Merritt Clifton, Travis Maldonado

“Joe Exotic” allegedly thought he could get away with murder

September 12, 2018 By Merritt Clifton

Accused of hiring hit man to bump off Big Cat Rescue founder Carole Baskin             TAMPA,  Florida––“Joe Exotic,”  55,  allegedly thought he could get away with murder. Also known as Joseph Maldonado-Passage,  Joseph Allen Maldonado,  and Joseph Allen Schreibvogel,  “Joe Exotic” was on September 7,  2018 indicted by a federal grand jury on two counts […]

Filed Under: Animal organizations, Conservation, Culture & Animals, Endangered species, Entertainment, Exhibition, Feature Home Bottom, Laws, Laws & politics, Sanctuaries, USA, Wildlife, Zoos Tagged With: Carole Baskin, Howard Baskin, Joe Exotic, Joseph Allen Maldonado, Joseph Allen Schreibvogel, Joseph Maldonado-Passage

Hurricane Irma: survival stories from 27 zoos & sanctuaries 

September 13, 2017 By Merritt Clifton

No losses of zoo & sanctuary animals reported! (See also Hurricane Irma: first reports on animals in the Caribbean islands,  Hurricane Irma: Hemingway cats & dolphin rescuer Rick Trout rode it out in the Keys ,  and Hurricane Irma: how wildlife endured) Current USDA Animal & Plant Health Inspection Service licensing data indicates that at least 217 […]

Filed Under: Africa, African wildlife, Animal organizations, Circuses, Conservation, Culture & Animals, Disasters, Endangered species, Entertainment, Exhibition, Feature Home Bottom, Marine life, Marine mammals, Reptile farming, Reptiles, Sanctuaries, Sea turtles, Snakes, Spectacles, Turtles, USA, Whales & dolphins, Wildlife, Zoos Tagged With: Alexander Lacey, Carole Baskin, Casey Taylor, Howard Baskin, Merritt Clifton, Patti Ragan, Sharon DuMond, Shirley McGreal

Big Cat Rescue: remembering every large & exotic cat

April 20, 2015 By Merritt Clifton

Memorial Wall includes nearly every cat species TAMPA, Florida––Visitors to Big Cat Rescue will see almost every species of cat whom anyone has ever raised in captivity. The cats are without exception kept in exemplary conditions, displaying the relaxed ferocity in repose that most cats take as a birthright. But visitors will see no “Wall […]

Filed Under: Advocacy, Animal organizations, Culture & Animals, Entertainment, Exhibition, Feature Home Bottom, Other entertainment topics, Sanctuaries, Street performers, USA, Wildlife, Zoos Tagged With: Big Cat Rescue, Carole Baskin, Howard Baskin, Joe Schreibvogel

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