4 TIGERS RESCUED! - Big Cat TV

When a long time feline breeding compound was closed down, the resident cats there needed a place to call home. Even though there are so many unwanted adult captive tigers in the U.S. some of the facilities that took the animals would use them for breeders (Even though none of them have the genes needed in the Tiger Species Survival Program) or put them right back up for sale onto the exotic animal market.
Big Cat Rescue got the call that the last 4 tigers left were to be put down if no one picked them up in a few days. Maybe they were left because they weren't white tigers, or in perfect shape, but Big Cat Rescue didn't care. BCR quickly pulled together its resources and drove up and got the last 4 on what was to be their final day.
The tigers now have a place to call home in an accredited Florida animal sanctuary to live out their final years with the respect that they deserve.

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[allysia02]

I visited Big Cat Rescue last friday the animal's enclosures are beautiful with trees, grass and pool. When we went TJ was splashing in and out of the pool and bella was chuffing at us, that is a tiger's way of saying hello

[allysia02]

regardless of how you feel about big cat rescue or not I hope you realise that the place where they came from was shut down and these animals had no where else to go. If BCR had not taken them they would have been put down. Taking in new tigers is an expensive job as BCR will look after them for the rest of their lives. BCR has enough tigers to look after and would have had no need to purchase any animals

[BigCatRescue]

@Raporia That figure is probably not the correct number there is probably many more tigers living miserable lives in backyard cages. There are approx 3200 tigers left in the wild not 1300. Your logic is wrong, there will never be a shortage of tigers living in captivity, they are unfortunately constantly being bred. WILD tigers are in trouble however but captive breeding isn't the key to the survival of WILD tigers.

[Raporia]

@BigCatRescue 5000 isnt actually that many when you concider there was once approx 30,000 tigers in the world,even when you add approx 1300 in the wild and 5000 in captivity thats nowhere near the amount there opnce was so with that in mind how is just 6300 approx enough? surely when it hits 20,000 then we can assume the tiger population would no longer be endangered and with no room left in the wild where are they supposed to go? private/captive breeding is the key to their survival

[BigCatRescue]

@Raporia Tigers are very plentiful in captivity, the number of PRIVATELY owned captive tigers in the USA is over 5000, almost double the number of tigers left in the wild. We do not need to worry about tigers disappearing they are big money makers and are overbred in captivity as it is.

[Raporia]

@BigCatRescue surely with a breed thats in so much danger of becoming extinct and their natural homes disappearing at an alarming rate does it really matter about their gene types as long as the breed lives to see another day? they will never bounce back in the wild because man will continue to destroy their habitat even you can never stop that so the next best thing is to have them in private responcible ownership or high quality conservations.

[BigCatRescue]

@Raporia All species survival plans require tigers being bred to be pure specimens, we don't make up the rules. All tigers bred in captivity will never see the wild anyway, what we need to do is preserve habitat and educate people to exist side by side with these animals if we can't do this we're in trouble and the tigers will be gone forever. If we leave them alone they will breed very well and bounce back in the wild.

[Raporia]

@BigCatRescue what gives you the right to decide what genes are right or wrong for a breed? thats a feeble excuse, tigers are endangered the more we're able to breed the better chance of their survival.using your excuse to neuter them cuz they 'dont have the right genes' would you do that to humans? neuter them because they have the wrong personality? in the human world thats ethnic cleansing normally associated with racism so if thats the case your ethnically cleansing tigers and racist to them

[BigCatRescue]

@gallanator We are against the private ownership of these animals, because the majority of our cats are abandoned "pets" that people no longer want when they realize what a mistake they have made! I have sent you a link so you can read more about it....

[gallanator]

@BigCatRescue Im looking to keep cougars, lynx, and bobcats in Ontario, Canada and I was wondering if you know anyone in Canada that has some?

[ixcreme]

@BigCatRescue i see good job guys

[BigCatRescue]

@ixcreme Good question, the tigers we rescue have mixed genetics so they are not suitable for breeding programs to preserve the species, it also clams the animals down and therefore gives them a better quality of life in captivity.