Big Cat Rescue This facility lies to there donators about "SO CALLED" rescued cats when in fact they purchase cats from breeders for display to take in donations. Tampa Florida

15:  Why are some other "animal people" bashing Big Cat Rescue and Carole Baskin?

A:  We have become a force in our state's capitol and in D.C. in effecting change to protect exotic cats from being bred for lives of confinement. People who make their living in the 20 billion dollar wildlife trade and those who support it by buying exotic cats hate that we are succeeding in getting more protective laws passed. Even some people who run pseudo sanctuaries are slandering us because both their income and their identity comes from being "rescuers" and if there were no animals in jeopardy then they would have to get a real job. Read more about the psychology of these people HERE and read about the successes big cats are having legislatively HERE.

16:  What's up with that Bay News 9 video that the exotic cat breeders and dealers post on the web?

A:  Since the first story in 1996 the sanctuary has been in the press 639 times and all but four of those were positive stories.  The 4 negative stories were not based on fact, but rather on gossip and innuendo.  Three of the four were trying to make something of nothing in regards to the disappearance of the co-founder.   He left the grounds one day in 1997 and never returned.  The reporters who ran with these negative stories were trying to make a name for themselves by saying something bad about a beloved sanctuary and were not interested in reporting facts.  We have always been truthful and transparent in our dealings and our history has always been a part of this website.  

The reason our detractors use the Bay News 9 story is because they cannot make a good argument for why people should be allowed to have tigers in their back yard, so this becomes the only way they can try to discredit Carole Baskin and Big Cat Rescue.  You will no longer find this segment on Bay News 9's site, but only the pirated version that is posted by Zuzana Kukol (a tiger tamer wannabee in Las Vegas) and a place that sells Savannah Cats for thousands of dollars who hates us for warning people that Savannah Cats spray urine all over their owner's homes when they become adults.  The people quoted in the segment were either taken out of context, like Jim Moore, or people who were dismissed from Big Cat Rescue's volunteer program many years ago for animal abuse.