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. […]
“Joe Exotic” gets 22 years in a cage for murder plot
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 […]
“Joe Exotic” allegedly thought he could get away with murder
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 […]
Hurricane Irma: survival stories from 27 zoos & sanctuaries
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 […]
Big Cat Rescue: remembering every large & exotic cat
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 […]