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The Big Cat Public Safety Act was enacted last December and bans the importation, sale and possession of prohibited wildlife species, such as tigers, jaguars and leopards. Jaguars are also listed as an endangered and are therefore protected under the 50-year-old Endangered Species Act.
Thank you Tiger King?
Thank Carole Baskin, actually
Exactly. I never understood how everyone got on board with hating her so quickly and easily. She runs the wildlife rescue and had been fighting for a law like this for years. But everyone just believed the clown car of tiger king people when they would talk shit about her. Of course they hated her. She was trying to stop them from abusing animals for profit.
Yup. IDK if she's a "good person", but I do know she spearheaded the legislation that basically put herself out of business. I've been to her rescue several times and it's legitimately about what's best for the cats there.
Guess I won't be getting the random alerts that a tiger got loose in Houston anymore.
Somehow I was mere streets away both times lmao.
If not friend, why friend shaped?
Could we have waited for the Jaguar to eat them first?
No.
If the Jaguar were to harm a human, it would be put down.
Should every big cat in captivity be spayed/neutered?