Navy Pier shuts down royal white tigers

TWN Note: For information about white tigers please visit: http://advocacy.britannica.com/blog/advocacy/2010/02/white-tigers-conserving-misery/    John Kass 9:52 p.m. CST, January 24, 2012 Navy Pier abruptly closed its popular “royal white tigers” — featuring Gita and her cubs — after I showed up Tuesday asking about an interesting fact: The U.S. Department of Agriculture is revoking the white tiger [...]

Protester: Tigers in mall, a ‘roadside zoo’

    Posted: 10:16 PM Last Updated: 3 hours and 12 minutes ago By: Jessica Noll COLERAIN TWP., Ohio – He doesn’t call his foundation a reserve or a sanctuary—he considers those words “scams” in America—a way to get money from people. He also thinks that a law banning exotic animals is “stupid.” { Direct [...]

PETA Chides Ringling Bros. for Federal Inspection of Tiger Hurt in Anaheim and Ill Elephant in LA

By Matt Coker Wed., Sep. 21 2011 at 3:44 PM Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus was cited for “serious violations” of the federal Animal Welfare Act during this summer’s engagements at the Honda Center in Anaheim and Staples Center in Los Angeles, an animal rights group charges. A U.S. Department of Agriculture inspection [...]

Sullivan: Free Tony the Tiger

By Diane Sullivan, Holly Vietzke, and Rose Church/Guest columnists Posted Sep 15, 2011 @ 01:57 PM Last update Sep 15, 2011 @ 03:08 PM Parents in Massachusetts bring their children to the zoo to see tigers. Parents in Maine need only bring them to their neighbor’s house, where it is legal to keep a tiger [...]

Tigers Need Us!!

Tigers are not gimmicks, attractions, props or pets. Tony The Truck Stop Tiger represents one of the estimated 5,000* tigers privately owned in the United States whose numbers exceed tigers left in the wild. These captive U.S. tigers suffer in backyards as “pets,” in roadside zoos attractions and circuses, and are bred for profit; tiger cubs [...]

Tigers Like Tony Need Your Help Now!!!

Tony The Truck Stop Tiger represents one of the thousands of privately owned tigers in the United States whose numbers are greater than tigers left in the wild. Captive U.S. tigers languish in roadside zoos and attractions, are exploited and abused in circuses, photo ops and exhibitions, entertainment shows, pseudo-sanctuaries, bred for profit or are [...]

Five-year-old boy mauled by tiger cub in South Africa

Five-year-old boy mauled by tiger cub in South Africa By Aislinn Laing, Johannesburg 4:21PM BST 19 Jul 2011 A five year-old boy is recovering in hospital after he was mauled by an apparently tame tiger cub at a holiday resort in South Africa. Finlay Holden was stroking the six-month old Bengali tiger’s back when it [...]

Tiger Cub Draws Crowds At Rose Festival

Fair Attendees Get Unique Opportunity To Play With Endangered Animal POSTED: 9:32 pm PDT May 28, 2011 UPDATED: 10:13 pm PDT May 28, 2011 PORTLAND, Ore. — Follow the oohs and ahhs at the Rose Festival CityFair to an orange and black ball of fluff. Sheena, an 8-week-old tiger cub, is stealing the show. It’s [...]

Magician Rick Thomas arrives for tiger act

By Jonathan Bell Published Feb 23, 2011 at 4:00 pm (Updated Feb 23, 2011)  TWN Note: Visit this link: http://advocacy.britannica.com/blog/advocacy/2010/02/white-tigers-conserving-misery/ for information about white tigers. Coming to Bermuda: A promo video screenshot of magician Rick Thomas on stage with a white tiger. Las Vegas showman Rick Thomas says he’s thrilled to perform in Bermuda with his [...]

Big Catroversy

By DIANE WETZEL | Sunday, January 30, 2011 4:07 AM CST The North Platte Telegraph From left, Daryl Cauffman, Melony Vanhorn, Steven William Kaye II and Dain Heaton were among those protesting against the appearance of Big Cat Rescue Entertainment at the Platte River Mall on Saturday afternoon. A group of local residents staged a [...]