Animal Advocates News, Wildlife Rehabilitation in Los Angeles, California. Animal Advocates rescues ill, injured and orphaned wildlife for release back to the wild. We rescue coyotes, bobcats, foxes, raccoons, opossums, skunks, squirrels .... and bats. Mary Cummins is a reporter with Animal Advocates News.
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Some have been singing Brenda Barnette's praises since she arrived. Some are saying things are much better. I thought I'd take a look at the numbers to see what's really happening at Los Angeles Animal Services.
Animals given to New Hope partners has increased. Things seem to have gotten worse in all the other categories. Most seems to be due to the increase in animals being dumped at the shelter. Most of this is due to kittens. I'm only looking at cats and dogs combined. I'm comparing Barnette's first six months (August through the end of January) to the same six months the previous year.
Adoptions are down by 986 animals (-8%), 11,799 verses 12,785.
Animals given to New Hope partners (non-profit animal rescue groups that work with the City) is up a whopping 1,162 (+40%), 4,080 verses 2,918. This is a great improvement, kudos. Unfortunately it's the only improvement based on the numbers.
Animals returned to owners is up 129 (+5%), 2,842 verses 2,743. This is due to the increase in intake. As a percentage of intake 10.54% of animals were returned to their owners in the last six months compared to 10.88% compared to last six months from previous year. The difference is actually negligible.
Animals released has increased by 166 (+35%), 633 verses 467. I've never really understood this category but I still count it as an animal released alive.
Animals that died on their own is down 23 (-6%), 368 verses 375. As a percentage of intake it's the same at 1.3% verses 1.4% year previous.
Animals that were dead on arrival (DOA) at intake increased by 62 (+8%), 827 verses 765. As a percentage of intake it's the same at 3% verses 3%.
Animals that escaped is up by 26 (+92%), 54 verses 28. The numbers involved are negligible but still something to look at.
Animals that were euthanized is up 1,189 (+13%), 10,204 verses 9,015. As a percentage of intake it's 37% verses 36% year previous. Not that much of a difference especially when you consider the increase in intake and fewer adoptions to the public.
Animals leaving the shelter alive is up 476 (+2.5%), 19,408 verses 18,941. As a percentage of intake it is actually down, 72% verses 75%. Barnette's goal is to have 85% of the animals leaving alive within the next five years. If our economy improves and we can do something about all the kittens, I see that happening.
Animals leaving the shelter dead is up 1,244 or (+12%), 11,399 verses 10,155. As a percentage of intake it's 42% verses 40% previous year. As a percentage fewer animals leaving alive, more leaving dead. (Animals leaving dead as % + animals leaving alive as % do not = 100% animals taken in during that time period. It seems more animals left the shelter dead and alive than were taken in. This could be because of the timing of baby season. This also means they are keeping higher numbers in the shelter.)
Animals that were brought into the shelters is up by 1,758 (+7%), 26,956 verses 25,198. This is the real problem. In the past five years animal intake is up 9,545 (+20%), 55,780 verses 46,235 (annual intake last 12 months). Intake had been going down for years until the recession hit. It's been going up ever since. Adoptions were increasing until 2009 when we seem to have hit a wall.
Now to look at an always troubling category, kittens. Neonate kitten intake is up 662 (+22%) over the six months year prior. Kitten intake accounted for 38% of the increase in total cat/dog intake. Neonate kitten euth is caused by people not spaying and neutering their own cats or unowned feral cats. People lie when they dump the kittens saying they are strays so they don't have to pay a fee. You can't really tell where they are coming from.
Kitten euth is up 910 (+47%) over the six months year prior. Almost all (+76%) of the increase in total cat/dog euthanasia is attributed to kitten euth, 910 kittens euth'd verses 1,189 total cats/dogs euth'd.
One problem with neonate kittens is that they legally cannot be adopted out until they are eight weeks old. If they are under eight weeks old, they must be adopted out with a mom cat and all the other siblings or through the foster bottle baby program. Because there are so many kittens eight weeks and older, people would rather not adopt an entire family (very expensive) or bottle feed a baby (time consuming). If you can't feed the neonate kitten or adopt it out, you are forced to euth it which is better than letting it starve to death.
I volunteered at the shelter for many years. We'd call five week old kittens eight weeks if they could eat wet food. We'd put solo nursing babies in with a mom cat with other babies. I'm sure the shelter is doing this already.
I believe some of the increase in adult cat/dog intake and euth is caused by our horrible economy i.e., job losses, foreclosures, people being forced to move from homes into smaller rentals that don't allow pets, people doubling up in homes and people who can't afford to spay or neuter their pets. Obviously Barnette did not cause our horrible economy. Still, it's a challenge she must face.
I think she's done a great job increasing New Hope adoptions. I don't know if she recruited more New Hope partners or just found a way to get them to take more animals. Whatever the cause, whoever deserves credit, kudos. Kudos to the actual New Hope partners as well. That's the only real improvement by the numbers. Without that improvement, things would be much worse.
Adoptions to the public are down but I'd venture to say it's because of the economy. One way to increase adoptions is to find a new source of adopters. Go after people who generally buy cats and dogs from pet stores or breeders.
The biggest problem in the shelter right now is kittens. The only way to deal with it is more spay and neuter targeted toward cats, owned and unowned. It should be cheap or free and targeted to lower income areas. Maybe a little enforcement of the mandatory spay and neuter law would help. All of these suggestions are easier said than done.
For the record I am not saying that Barnette caused the problems in the shelter today. These are just challenges she will have to conquer.
A closing note, if you see a pregnant cat or dog, get it spayed. If your friend has a pregnant cat or dog, tell them to get it spayed. Otherwise those babies will most likely end up in the shelter, dead. You can spay, neuter cats and puppies at eight weeks of age. It's easier on them and cheaper for you. They do not need to go into heat or have a litter before being spayed or neutered. Don't forget about bunnies!
Rescuing a raccoon from a tiny, dirty cage in a boat
by Mary Cummins on Tuesday, January 4, 2011 at 3:59pm
Raccoon in his tiny dirty cage. Four year old male not neutered. He was kept in this cage for four years on a boat by a mentally ill person. He only ate dry cat food. He broke his teeth chewing on his cage. They put a chain around his neck, don't know why. We removed it.
I received an email this morning from Peter Wallerstein of Marine Animal Rescue. He said the Los Angeles County Sheriff had impounded a boat that had a raccoon in it in a tiny dirty cage. I assumed someone had trapped a raccoon and just forgot about it. I drove to the Sheriff station to take a look at the boat. Peter agreed to meet me there to help.
Raccoon rescue, Mary Cummins, Animal Advocates, Los Angeles, California
The raccoon lived in that 2' x 2' x 2' cage. The cage door didn't open. When we finally took off the front of the cage we realized he was living on top of four inches of feces. He had no water. The boat was impounded. Sheriff called me when they saw the raccoon.
I met Sheriff Office McSchwab who told me about the raccoon. He said it wasn't in a trap but a cage like a pet. It had a chain around its neck. He took me to the boat to take a look. This is what I found. A four year old male raccoon in a 2' x 2' x 2' cage. There were four inches of feces on the bottom of the cage and no water. There was no door as it looked like the owner never opened the cage. The cage was in an awkward spot and had been assembled in the boat which would make transfer to the carrier more difficult. Fortunately Peter Wallerstein showed up to help. Unfortunately so did the "owner" of the raccoon.
We had to take the cage apart to get the front off. Then we placed the carrier in the cage with the door off. I wedged the carrier over the raccoon and pressed it against the back wall. Peter and the Sheriff then replaced the carrier door on the other side. The raccoon was in the carrier. We went inside to wash up.
As I went to get my car to drive it around to the dock to pick up the raccoon the owner started following me. He's an older man whom I believe is mentally ill. He said "why did you put the raccoon in that small box when I had him in a big cage?" I ignored him and went to pick up the raccoon.
Because he was a pet raccoon and could be unpredictable I thought I'd take him to Dr. Kenneth Jones in Santa Monica to get the chain off his neck and look him over. The raccoon had shown no aggression at all, just a little cage craziness. I gave him some water out of a sippy bottle because he looked dehydrated. He was very gentle and thirsty.
Raccoon rescue, Mary Cummins, Animal Advocates, Los Angeles, California
At Dr. Kenneth Jones giving the raccoon anesthesia. We wrapped the pet carrier in a plastic bag. This is the safest way.
Dr. Jones' staff gave the raccoon anesthesia so we could examine him. The easiest way to anesthetize an animal like this is to wrap the carrier in a big trash bag then use gas. After he was under they removed the chain. He had a cracked canine probably from chewing on the bars of his cage. He had some matts and was dirty and smelly.
This is his new enclosure, 6' x 6' x 4'. It has a padded cage and is smaller than my other enclosures. He's never climbed or walked before so I need to start him in something small.
UPDATE: I just added a ramp in his cage. He cannot climb at all
I took him home and put him in a 6' x 6' x 4' cage with a padded floor. He came out of his carrier then I realized he couldn't really walk. He walks on the back of the "wrists" on his forelegs and on the heels of his back feet. I don't think he's ever stood up all the way. He cannot climb at all. He was relaxed and sweet. I can easily hand feed him food. I had to add a ramp to his cage so he can get to the lower level. I have him next to the baby raccoons so he won't feel threatened by my injured adult females. He is a bit smaller than my adult females, probably from malnutrition.
This is how he walks. He walks on the back side of his wrists. He also sleeps with them in this position. Obviously some metabolic bone disease. The pads of his feet look fine.
Thanks to the Los Angeles County Sheriff http://www.lasd.org/ and Peter Wallerstein of Marine Animal Rescuehttp://www.marspecialists.org/ I wouldn't have been able to rescue the raccoon without their help. I will add updates on his progress.
UPDATE: A member of Animal Advocates is now caring for "Harbor" the boat raccoon. He's making remarkable progress under her cage. Here he is today, January 20, 2011. Look how healthy and happy he is? This video will make you soooo happy!
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October 3, 2010 Mary Cummins, Animal Advocates attended the Southwestern Desert Bat Studies with Dr Patricia Brown-Berry with Maturango Museum in Soda Springs, Baker, California. We counted bats, did mist netting, identified bats, closed a mine shaft to protect bats and studies bats of California. Dr Patricia Brown-Berry is extremely experienced and knowledgeable. She's also a very kind and wonderful teacher who truly loves bats.
“SOUTHWESTERN DESERT BATS
Patricia Brown-Berry, Ph.D. (Brown Berry Consulting) will offer a class on Southwestern Desert Bats sponsored by the Maturango Museum to be held at the Desert Studies Center (DSC) at Soda Springs (ZZYZX) south of Baker, California from the evening of October 1 until noon on October 3, 2010. She has taught this class (or variations) at the DSC for the past 26 years. Dr. Brown-Berry has conducted research on bats for the past 41 years, is a Research Associate at UCLA, and former Director of the Maturango Museum (1982-92). She currently consults with state and federal agencies on bat surveys and conservationvissues, in particular with regard to abandoned mine closures.
Bats are important components of the desert ecosystem, yet because of their nocturnal nature they are usually difficult to observe. This course will introduce the participants to
the world of bats and to some of the techniques used by scientists to study these amazing mammals. Nightly field work will allow participants to use ultrasonic bat detectors and
night vision equipment and to observe the mist-netting of wild bats (unless it’s windy). Diurnal lectures and videos will supplement the field experiences. Bring a field notebook, camp chair and flashlight (headlight preferred). A camera and binoculars are desirable.
Soda Springs (a.k.a. ZZYZX) has a rich history, with Native American petroglyphs in the vicinity. Subsequently, it served at times as a fort along the Mojave Road, railroad stop, and health spa under Dr. Curtis Springer before becoming part of the California State University Preserve system. The Desert Studies Center lies within the Mojave National Preserve. Throughout the year, the DSC hosts a variety of desert-oriented courses in several disciplines as well as scientific research. Students will stay in dormitory rooms with desks and bunk beds (students bring their own bedding and towel). If available, couples will be accommodated in bungalows with double beds. Other facilities include classrooms, library, laboratory, kitchen and restroom facilities, and a pool. The DSC is “off the grid” and power is by solar, wind and a back-up generator. The meals are provided by Eric, a gourmet chef. If you have special dietary needs, let us know in advance. You will enjoy your stay at this fascinating facility.
Cost: $225/person includes instruction, two nights’ lodging at the Center, a snackvFriday evening and five meals beginning with breakfast on Saturday. A detailed itinerary will be sent upon registration. You can register by calling the Maturango Museum (760 375 6900) or through the website http://www.maturango.org. Enrollment is limited to 25 students."
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Mary Cummins member of HSUS NDART team raids cock fighting facility
Posted on May 5, 2010 by Mary Cummins Real Estate Appraiser Los Angeles California
May 4, 2010
The HSUS Assists San Luis Obispo County Sheriff on Cockfighting Raid
National organization praises law enforcement for taking swift action
Besides being cruel, cockfighting often goes hand in hand with gambling, drug dealing, illegal gun sales and violence. Ariana Huemer/HSUS
NIPOMO, Calif. — The Humane Society of the United States provided support and expertise to the San Luis Obispo County Sheriff’s Department in raiding a suspected cockfighting locale in Central California. Authorities impounded more than 600 birds and found what appear to be a fighting arena, training area, cockfighting implements and publications devoted to the illegal blood sport.
“Cockfighting enterprises drag down entire communities and relegate untold thousands of roosters to brutal injuries and deaths in the ring,” said Eric Sakach, senior law enforcement specialist for The HSUS. “The Humane Society of the United States commends the San Luis Obispo County Sheriff’s Department Rural Crime Task Force for taking allegations of cockfighting crimes seriously.”
Sakach, an animal fighting expert with more than 30 years of experience, led The HSUS’ 10-person team and assisted in the identification of potential evidence.
“We believe that cockfighting promotes additional criminal activity,” said Commander Brian Hascall, SLO County Sheriff South Station. “Our Rural Crime Task Force deputies do an excellent job coordinating these efforts.”
The HSUS offers rewards of up to $5,000 for information leading to the arrest and conviction of any person involved in illegal animal fighting. Anyone with information about animal fighting criminals is asked to call 877-TIP-HSUS (847-4787). Your identity will be protected.
About Cockfighting:
Cockfighting is illegal in every state, and all animal fighting that affects interstate commerce is punishable as a federal felony under the Animal Welfare Act.
Common cockfighting practices include breeding birds for viciousness, drugging them to heighten aggression, and fitting their legs with deadly weapons — that is, razor-sharp knives or gaffs, which resemble curved ice picks.
Law enforcement raids across the country have, again and again, documented the connection between cockfights and other crimes — including distribution of illegal drugs and weapons violations due to the large amounts of cash present for gambling.
Despite common sense and reason, children are often brought to cockfights by their parents — which may expose them to animal cruelty and rampant crime.
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UPDATE: I'm adding new material to the top. I added some keywords to original article. Original article May 1, 2009. I've known Carole since maybe 2001. I learned of Joe after I met Carole.
2018 and 2019 USDA inventory of animals. Animals are missing. Did they die? Were they sold?
Pg 2 of 2018 report. 66 animals. 2019 report shows only 51. 15 are missing in one year. The missing are as follows, 7 tigers, 3 cougars, 1 AG, 2 serval, 1 lion and 1 Canadian lynx. 22% of her animals went missing in one year.
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This site has done a fantastic investigation into Carole Baskin and Big Cat Rescue. Carole Baskin and/or her volunteers do threaten to kill anyone who dares say anything negative about the organization. I got the same when I stated they were not rehabbing bobcat kittens legally or properly. The attacks were worse when I stated there was no reason to feed live ex pets to the big cats who would never be released. Ex pets aren't even a main part of wild big cat diets. If you've watching the disgusting videos the ex pet bunnies and rabbits walk up to the big cat like it's their friend. Then the big cat slowly tortures them to death.
This doesn't mean much but Carole has an account on ancestry. She listed Don dead in Tampa, Florida in 1997. She knows he died in Tampa in 1997? He died at home? This was her ancestry account 11 months ago. This is before the documentary was released.
Carole in her book teaches how to steal kittens from their mothers. Yes, she misspelled her own name in her own website. This came from Wildlife on Easy Street website. I have saved copies of her old websites.
"Free Spirits in Captive Cats by Carole Staris Lewis, is 100 pages of useful information on the care of exotic cats in captivity."
"we would
recommend that the kittens be pulled as
soon as their eyes open, which again, is
usually around ten days. Most cats are not
going to let you waltz in and carry out her
offspring, even if she is temporarily
distracted. There is no substitute for good
planning and this should have been
thought of before she ever conceived. We
have a trap door on the back of the den
box and a drop door on the front entrance
to the den. While the mother is out eating
or getting a drink, we shut her out of the
den and then open the trap door on back
to get to the cubs. We usually take the
kittens at night, when we feed, so that it is
not obvious to the mother that something
is up. If you wash your clothing in a
different detergent before taking the kits,
then it will not be obvious to the Dam that
you were the one who raided her nest.
This could be important in your continued
relationship with her."
Some background info on Don and Carole. Don's father was John Henry "Jack" Lewis. He married Myrtle Dewey and had three children, Glen Thomas Lewis 1934-2011, Patricia Grace Lewis 1935-2012, and Donald Jack Lewis 1938-1997. Myrtle Dewey Lewis divorced her husband is 1940. Her husband John Lewis died of tuberculosis back at his hometown in Indiana in 1944. He supported the family and family up until he died. I don't know if he made provisions for her after his death. He knew he was dying.
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This is the family view of Don's tree. Click to see larger. This is so people can keep the people straight. Don's two siblings are both dead as are his parents.
Carole Baskin has had four husbands that we know of, i.e. Jones, Michael Murdock, Don Lewis and Howard Baskin. She has one daughter, Jamie.
This is Carole's family. This is so people can keep people straight. In Carole's own tree she doesn't mention her first husband Jones. Her father is dead. Her brother has the same name as her father. Her brother worked for the Hillsborough County Florida Sheriff department. So did another member of the Stairs family. Click to see larger.
Carole's current husband is Howard Gene Baskin born 1950. I searched all Florida bar associations. I don't see that he passed the bar or was ever a lawyer in Florida. He allegedly went to law school in Florida.
His parents were Herman Baskin 1917-1974. He was a butcher and died of coronary heart disease. His mother was Allene Jane Braw Baskin 1924-1976. His two siblings are Harriet b. 1954 and Richard "Rick" b.1953. His paternal grandparents were Samuel Baskin 1885 - 1966 and Rebecca Libou Baskin 1885-1953 from Poland. His great grandparents were Chaim and Minnie Kasovitch Basin from Poland. Howard's maternal grandparents were Benjamin Braw 1898-1956 and Hattye Lorber 1899 - 1947. Howard Baskin graduated from Jewish studies in 1967. His ancestors were Russian Jews fleeing violence and oppression in Russia.
Pic is from Poughkeepsie High School 1966, sophomore.
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Below is Joe Exotic's family tree. He is Joseph "Joe" Allen Schreibvogel aka Maldonado-Passage..
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August 30, 2018 Tampa Bay Times, St. Petersburg, Florida, pg W12 "BigCatRescue's Keeper Tour doesn't come cheap but the 67-acre animal sanctuary calls it the 'most exclusive behind the scenes experience you can find in the animal world that is respectful to the animals and safe for the guests.' "It's unlikely there's another place where you can see such a variety of exotic cats at one time."
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This video came out right after Carole said I lied about the animals being bred there by her. This video shows she's a liar. Since then Carole has tried to say that was Don's idea and something she did long ago in the past. It wasn't that long ago.
Carole Baskin and declawing, defanging. Carole wrote this about declawing in her free online book which is still available. I am posting a snippet here under the fair use of copyright act to talk about Carole's poor treatment of big cats. Because this woman didn't even graduate from high school she did not realize that filing down the fangs of big cats exposing the inner part of the teeth would cause severe pain, infections and lead to extractions. She also recommended declawing big cats on all four which causes disability. The USDA outlawed the declawing of big cats with USDA permits in 2005.
"CLIPPING THE NAILS AND DECLAWING
We have scars and scratches from our fingertips to our elbows and people always assume that it is
from dealing with our big cats, but the truth of the matter is that almost all of these wounds are inflicted
by cubs under six weeks of age. I have even had people ask if I had been in a wreck recently, during
kitten season, due to the condition of my arms and although it is not entirely preventable you can
minimize your exposure by taking a few minutes to clip their claws regularly. In thirteen years of
clipping claws, I have clipped literally thousands of them and only on three occasions have I hit the little
blood vessel that everyone uses as the excuse for why they don't clip claws. I don't want to hurt a
kitten anymore than you, but if I am going to be able to do my job of raising, bathing and medicating
this kitten, then I need to be able to handle him without dropping him.
There is a product available from your Veterinarian called Soft Paws. It is a little gelatin cap that can be
temporarily attached to your kitten’s nails. They come in bright neon colors so that you can see at a
glance that they are still on. We used them once on an ailing Margay who needed daily handling during
his recovery. They worked for a short while and are good for such situations, but they are not the long
term answer for the exotic cat.
If you start early enough and do it often enough, it is no big deal for you or the cat. If you got a late start
or can't manage the cat then we would suggest that one person muzzle and hold the cub and the other
clip. There are a variety of clippers on the market, but I have found that the easiest to handle are
human nail clippers. Finger nail clippers for small cats and Toe nail clippers for larger cats.
If you gently squeeze the paw the nails will extend and you will see that they are hook shaped and
have a dark blood vessel extending along the top edge to about half way down. Just clip the tip of the
nail off below this line and you and the cat will feel no pain. I just take the very tips off, which means
that I have to do it more frequently, but as with most things, I'd rather play it safe than sorry. Unless
your kitten is inbred and polydactal, it will have four nails on each rear paw and five nails on each front
paw, with the fifth one being in a thumb position and usually the hardest to clip and the first one to snag
you. In the unlikely event that you should hit a blood vessel you should have on hand a product such
as Quick Stop which is a powder you dip the nail into to stop the bleeding. I have a bottle of the stuff,
but have never used it as the three times I did hit blood, there was only a drop and then it stopped on
it's own.
I raised purebred domestic cats for over ten years and would never have even considered declawing
but I do recommend declawing the exotic cat because of it's size, temperament and reputation. When
the procedure is done by a qualified Veterinarian and done before the kitten is twelve weeks old they
never even seem to notice that anything was done. We try to have ours declawed, front and back at six
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weeks because they are still very light on their feet. They are declawed in the morning and come home
around four in the afternoon. They usually are starving when they get home, they eat and then nap the
rest of the day away. The next morning they will be shaking their paws trying to get rid of the bandages,
which we carefully clip off. If you take the bandages off yourself, be very careful when clipping as cats
have very loose skin and it may be doubled over in places and you may cut skin that you weren't
expecting to be there.
As soon as the bandages are off the kitten may begin furiously licking and chewing at his paws, but
watch for a moment before getting too excited. Only once has a cub made it's feet bleed from this
grooming and usually once they have the stickiness off their feet they are off and running like nothing
ever happened. We had a cougar that insisted on chewing her toes until they bled and a little bitter
apple was sufficient to stop her behavior. Cougars seem to have a lower pain threshold and will act like
you are killing them when you give routine vaccinations that no other cat can seem to feel.
When you have bottle raised a kitten to be gentle and sweet it may be very tempting to reason that
since the cub does not extend his claws in play with you that it is unnecessary to declaw but failure to
do so while he is young and light, may cause him much more pain when it becomes a necessity later in
life. Failure to see to this most necessary procedure when he was young could later even cost him his
life in an emergency situation. Cats, like children, put everything they find in their mouths and often
something gets stuck, usually across the roof of their mouth, and sometimes in the throat. When your
90 pound Leopard is choking to death, it's going to take all the courage and love you can muster to
stick your hand down his throat and dislodge whatever it is, without having to figure a way past 18
deadly weapons that are all going to be fixed on you. Cats cannot reason, when they are in distress,
that you have never hurt them and that you are trying to help. They are instead, terrified and striking
out at anything that comes near them and you won't be much help to the cat if you are bleeding to
death.
Don' t fool yourself by saying "Well my little Bobcat is no bigger than a housecat, so how dangerous
could he ever be?" My worst and deepest scars are from my sweetest bobcats, under emergency
conditions and they were even declawed. Any cat, Ocelots especially, delight in wrapping themselves
around the anatomy of their "prey" and rabbit kicking with their back feet. When they do this to each
other, in play, no harm is done, but when they wrap around your arm and do the same thing, you will be
bleeding from your wrist to your elbow. There is always the possibility of escape and recapture can be
nearly impossible if the cat has claws, not to mention the fact that a clawed cat is much more likely to
effect an escape than a declawed one. You may reason that in the event of an escape, your cat will
need his claws to survive, but if this is a tame cat, claws or not, it will not be able to survive and if it did
manage to kill anything for food it would be your neighbors cats and dogs, which is going to bring the
whole community down on you and your cats. We have even seen people threaten to sue us because
they came on our property and alleged that one of our cats scratched them. The suit was dropped
when it was proved that the cat had no claws for over a year prior to the incident.
We were boarding a four year old White Tiger who appeared to have been severely inbred and crippled
in the hips. When the weather would turn cold or wet she would claw at her tail, presumably because it
tingled like a foot fallen asleep. She rips the skin open in one slash and then require ten days of
antibiotics and frequent spraying of her tail. Treating her is also compounded by the fact that we have
to watch out for all those big claws. Because she was not declawed as an infant, she will never be able
to run and play with our own Tigers.
Toxoplasmosis gondii (Cat Scratch Fever) is not transmitted via a cat scratch, despite the name,
however your Veterinarian will be much more at ease with your cats if he or she only has to watch out
for a mouth full of teeth. The reasons for declawing are endless and the excuses for not doing so are
not justified.
There are at least two methods of declawing and the first, crushing the claw, we do not recommend as
the claw can grow back and you will have to re- do the procedure. The second sounds more cruel, in
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that the first digit of the toe is removed along with the claw, but it only has to be done once and then it
is soon forgotten. This is necessary as the cats claws are retractable into that first digit, with the
exception of the Cheetah and unless things change dramatically, no one reading this is going to be in
possession of this wonderful, nearly extinct creature. (Incidentally, back in 1964 a pair of Cheetahs
could be purchased for $5,000.00 and now even at $55,000.00 per pair, they cannot be found) For
fourteen days after the surgery your Veterinarian will prescribe a broad spectrum antibiotic such as
Amoxicillan to prevent infection. Most Veterinarians use a special skin glue, rather than stitches to seal
the paws and only once have we found this ineffective, due to a bad bottle of "glue". Keep the kitten's
play area exceptionally clean during this time.
Post operative toilet training opinions are varied and your choice will depend on your cat. Some people
switch over to newspaper in the litter box so that the gravel does not irritate the paws until they are fully
healed. The reasoning is that the cat will refuse to use the box if it hurts his feet and your litter box
training will have been in vain. I expect that this may work for domestic cats, but have found that with
exotics it usually results in shredded newspaper from one end of the house to the other and the cat
then associates defecating with anything made of paper. Since we are in a paper intensive business
and have maps, contracts, books and all manner of paper related items about the house, this is an
association that we do not wish to encourage. We continue to leave litter in the box and have not had
any bad side effects arise.
We have found that it is not safe to house clawed exotic cats with declawed exotic cats because even
play fighting can result in nasty wounds to the declawed animal. When two cats have their claws and
are raised together they learn how hard is too hard, but when you begin mixing claws and no claws, all
of the rules are different and someone is going to be hurt. We've been told countless times that it is
okay to breed a clawed feline to a declawed one, but we have found that the declawed cat will often
suffer a nasty cut, and because we love our cats and know how quickly a small cut can turn into a life
or death matter, we do not subscribe to this practice.
We do not believe in removing the canine teeth; not the baby teeth nor the permanent ones. We made
the mistake of having the baby teeth filed down at the same time as the declawing. This is a procedure
that just takes the very tip off the extremely sharp fangs. Our reasoning was, that it is easier to train
and discipline a kitten who does not have those needle like enamels sunk into some portion of our
anatomy. The adult teeth are not nearly so sharp and by the time the permanent teeth come in, the cat
has learned not to use them on people. The results were heartbreaking and very difficult recognize.
We had brought in a large number of kittens, all at once, from two fur farms to save their little lives.
Naturally, they all come in sick and stressed and this adds to all of the problems normally associated
with bottle rearing. When they were finally stabilized enough to vaccinate and declaw, we had their
teeth filed. For the next five months this group was constantly on medication for one ailment or another.
All of their ailments reached life threatening proportions, even for otherwise inconsequential attacks.
We were all baffled. It seemed like the kittens had no immune system and yet they did not test positive
for Feline Leukemia Virus or Feline Infectious Peritonitis or any other immune deficiency. One of the
kits had grey teeth canine teeth and we took him in to our Veterinarian to have them removed. He had
been very ill and had quit eating unless we cut his food into tiny pieces and hand fed him. We feared
that he would not even survive the surgery, but we prayed and left the rest to God and our Veterinarian.
As soon as he came home from having the rotten teeth extracted, he took an immediate turn for the
better. That was the last time he was ever sick. Within two days of seeing his dramatic recovery we
took all of the cubs and kittens back to the Veterinarian and had their tipped teeth removed. All of them
were completely better within two days and none of them has been sick again to this day. For the first
seven months of their lives they were knocking at death’s door and the last five months of that was due
to something stupid that we had done. Except for the one kit, none of the others showed any sign of
the teeth being compromised by the filing. The Veterinarian said that they were decayed when she
pulled them out, but it was not apparent by just looking in the mouth."
People are wondering where is Kenneth Wayne Farr born May 2, 1969 who drove Don's van full of Don's guns and ammo to his, Kenneth's house the night before Don went missing. The guns were allegedly a gift from Carole. Later Carole put real estate in Kenneth's name.
Kenneth "Kenny" Wayne Far has been in and out of prison, jail for having, using, selling drugs. I confirmed the name and birth date. His ex wife also confirmed all of this.
ORIGINAL: May 2009. I've known Carole Baskin since about 2002. I first encountered her when I saw pics of her with orphaned wild bobcat kittens which she was supposed to raise and release back to the wild. I'd stated that she should not be playing with the bobcats and her cages didn't meet minimum standards. The spacing between the bars is too far apart. It's dangerous for the animal and people. I was also against Carole Baskin feeding live ex pet rabbits and rats to the cats. One, the cats were never going to be released. They don't need to learn to hunt, hunt. Two, they would never encounter a pet rabbit or pet rat in the wild. It doesn't help them learn to hunt. Carole and her volunteers fed ex pets to the cats because they clearly enjoyed watching the cats torture the ex pets until they died. I have pics and video of this but won't post it because it's too disgusting. When I said this Carole and her friends viciously attacked me.
Below are some newspaper articles which prove that Carole Baskin has been breeding animals, ripping babies from their mothers, selling them, encouraging big cats as pets, helping people get big cats and the necessary permits to keep them, selling encounters with big cats, pics with big cats, tours of big cats, spend the night with a big cat. The clips came from public newspapers. You can find them here at http://www.newspapers.com. I've tagged the articles online so you can just search her name, Big Cat Sanctuary, Wildlife on Easy Street, phone number 813 920 4130 to find them.
September 11, 1998 USDA cites BCS for AWA violations after an employee is mauled. How did Carole get away with this? She does what all the other groups who violate the AWA do, threaten to sue the hell out of the USDA. USDA backs down as they have no money to fight lawsuits. That's how the Wildlife Waystation did okay all those years even after multiple violations and complaints.
1997. Carole Lewis again always trying to show the big cats with baby bottles to look cute so people will want to see and then buy them.
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December 1997 while interviewed about her missing husband she happily gives a tour of her large collection of cats even putting one on a chain and taking it for a walk.
September 1997 are her husband went missing. She took interviews standing in front of Don's "junk."
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December 13, 1996, The Tampa Tribune, Tampa, Florida. "Wildlife on Easy Street. Have your picture taking with Tiger, Panther, Ocelot (All Endanger Species)."
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1996 The Tampa Tribune, Tampa, Florida, Nov 13, 1996, pg 18. "Eye of the tiger. Jeff Bushnell, a volunteer with Wildlife on Easy Street in Citrus Park, tries to turn Aurora's attention to a class of second-graders at Miles Elementary in north Tampa. The visit by the tiger, two ocelots and other animals were part of a class project on rainforests."
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1996, "Miles Elementary. Animals at school: Second-graders at the school at 317 E. 124th Ave. will be visited by a Bengal tiger, two ocelots and other rain forest animals from Wildlife on Easy Street Friday at 9 a.m. as part of their lesson on rain forests."
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1996. Child is too close to the big cat.
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August 7, 1996, Times. "Two roaming cougars back in cages. State officials are considering citing the owners of Wildlife on Easy Street for escapes."
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August 6, 1996, The Tampa Tribune, Tampa, Florida. "Pair of cougars recaptured after escaping refuge." "Summary: A pair of cougars escaped from Wildlife on Easy Street, a controversial Hillsborough wildlife refuge. Both were recaptured."
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1996 "Animal Refuse: A Citrus Park animal refuge came under fire from an international wildlife group last week. The World Society for the Protection of Animals said that Wildlfie on Easy Street, where more than 100 felines and other animals live on 40 acres, didn't take proper safety precautions and kept the animals in improper conditions. Owners Don and Carole Lewis disputed the report."
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March 3, 1996 The Tampa Tribune, Tampa, Florida
Carole selling big cats to the public as pets.
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1999 "It smells of exploitation the moment you walk in." "Regional director for the world society for the protection of animals discussing Wildlife on Easy Street in northwest Hillsborough County.
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"TAMPA An international wildlife group has found many of Florida's zoos and animal attractions lacking in safety, habitat and conservation efforts. Chimps throwing their feces at visitors. Elephants shaking their heads endlessly. Bears pacing the same small pattern over and over. Animals kept alone in stark cages. "Children don't see wild animals, they see crazy animals," said Neil Trent, regional director for the World Society for the Protection of Animals. At a news conference Tuesday, Trent's group delivered copies of a study done earlier this year of 21 zoos, attractions and roadside animal parks throughout Florida. Veterinarian and zoo inspector John Gripper visited the sites as a tourist and found only two businesses that would pass British zoo standards: Busch Gardens in Tampa and Jungle Larry's Zoological Park in Naples. Lowry Park Zoo in Tampa was not reviewed for the study, but Trent said it is accredited and has a good standing with a national zoo accreditation group. Sea World in Orlando received both positive and negative remarks, but Gripper concluded he did not spend enough time at the park to determine whether it would have passed the British standard. : Two Tampa Bay attractions that earned poor marks with Trent's group were Noell's Ark Chimp Farm in Tarpon Springs and Wildlife on Easy Street in the Citrus Park area of northwest Hillsborough County. Trent called Wildlife on Easy Street little more than an elaborate showroom for owners trying to sell bobcat and cougar kittens. "It smells of exploitation the moment you walk in," he said. Don and Carole Lewis keep more than 100 felines and other animals at their home on 40 acres off Sheldon Road near Gunn Highway. Although it is not regularly open to the public, visitors can tour the grounds by appointment on Saturdays. The protection society's report criticized the Lewis' for empty cages that lacked "environmental , enrichment," such as grasses and plants, and for having too many of the animals too close together, causing anxiety and stress. In addition, the report found safety lacking at Easy Street, so much that, "there is a very real risk of injury to the visiting public" and "a strong likelihood of an escape of a large cat into the neighborhood." Carole Lewis challenged the report's concerns about safety. She said the tiger fence is 9 feet tall, not 6, and that they are not making any profit from sales of non-endangered animals." Tampa Bay Times page 32
January 29, 1999, The Tampa Tribune, Tampe, Florida.
See the world's largest collection of big cats.
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1999, "Wildlife on Easy Street. Sleep in rustic cabins amid the world's largest collection of exotic cats. Let the roars and purrs of 144 big cats lull you off to sleep at 12802 EasySt. Tampa 813 920 4130 www.WildlifeEasySt.com." She didn't call it a sanctuary. These tours, spend the night with big cats were used to sell big cats.
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2004. "Wildlife Tours. Big Cat Rescue. Stand 3 feet from a 700 pound tiger! Spend the night at the world's largest exotic cat sanctuary. 12802 Easy Street, Tampa, FL 33625. 813 920-4130. www.BigCatRescue.org."
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2005. Tribune. "Howard Baskin dangles a toy for Bailey, a bobat found a a weeks-old kitten in someone's yard. Apparently orphaned, she missed the maternal lessons in how to fend for herself." You are not allowed to play with animals being rehabbed under a wildlife rehabilitation permit which Carole has. Howard Baskin did this to look cute for the newspaper photographer. It encourages having wildlife as pets.
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2008. "The Big Cat Fight. Carole Baskin would like to forget that she once bred exotic big cats and sold them as house pets. She would like everyone else to forget that her husband disappeared mysteriously 10 years ago,leaving her a rich woman.
She would rather than everyone thought of her the way she sees herself; a crusader for animal rights who believes no one should own a wild cat. Not a zoo. Not a sanctuary. Not even herself. But to many who live and breathe exotic animals, Baskin is a hypocrite.
They point out that her 40 acre Big Cat Rescue sanctuary in Hillsborough County has 137 tigers, lions, leopards, lynx and other big cats. Her own 'private collection' they call it.
They heckle her at state wildlife meetings. They picket her funraising Fur Balls. And they speculate on what happened to her late husband, Don Lewis, calling police with tips.
'Did you feed him to the tigers?' someone once asked Baskin at the grocery store. Her own stepdaughter wanted police to test the meat grinder at the sanctuary for her missing father's DNA.
Baskin says she has no idea what happened to Lewis and she had nothing to do with it. She is simply focused on her mission to outlaw private ownership of big cats and arrive at a day when there is no longer a need to shelter them. A day when Big Cat Rescue closes."
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1997 from the Wildlife on Easy Street website.
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1997 Carole wrote a book and made a video about keeping big cats as pets.
"Exotic Cats As Housepets" by Carole Stairs Lewis is a 100 page book this is full of useful information on the raising and keeping of exotic cats. It covers 13 species, many of which are endangered and threatened. Zoos do not have good success with breeding the smaller cats an they are generally now a crowd drawing attraction, making the private sector the last chance these cats have for survival. Learn from our successes and be warned by our failures. There are too few of these previous animals left to lose even one to preventable cause. This book is available in hard cover, with color photos. Cost: $35 (includes shipping)"
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1997. "Big Cats Companion Video. 'Big Cat Companions' is a two hour video, instructional in all aspects of wild cat ownership. Thirteen species of exotic cats, from the tiny Geoffrey's Cat to the huge Siberian Tiger are included. Bottle rearing, teaching not to bite, leashing, litter training, worming, vaccinations, restrait and feeding are just a few of the topics covered. Learn about the tame side of wild cats you never dreamed existed. See Bobcats, Servals, Caracals, Ocelots, and more living in the house, sleeping in the bed with their human family, and generally having a grand ole' time. Learn how to properly house and care for 13 species of wildcat, whether they are tame or not. Cost: $28 (includes postage)"
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From their website 1997. This is breeder/dealer language, i.e. "we don't sell animals" wink wink, yes we do. Just ask. Big Cat Rescue has always generally had mutt big cats. They aren't pure bred. Breeder, dealers do this to get around the permit issue. You need a permit for a full bred endangered tiger but not for a mutt tiger. They breed subspecies together to make a mutt. This is not conservation as the original species is not being conserved. Notice she boards other people's animals.
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"Breeding. We have neutered all of our male cougars, siberian lynx and
bobcats as these cats are plentiful in captivity and in the wild. There is no reason to breed them. We have neutered our male tiger because he is a hybrid and there will always be plenty in captivity because they breed well and are always in high demand. We do not breed our lions, but have not neutered the male as he is being boarded here and is thought to be one of the last of the Barbary
Lions.
To date, our Margay, Jungle Cats, Geoffroyi Cats, Clouded Leopard and Leopard Cats
have been unsuccessful in breeding. We still breed the leopards, lemurs and ocelots
which are endangered in order to preserve the species. Our last leopard cub was born
in 1996. We do not sell cats.
We are ambivilent about breeding Servals and Caracals as they are threatened and
probably should be bred to continue a genetic diversity capable of sustaining them, but
on the other hand, there is no place for them to live free. To date, our last kitten was
born in the spring of 1997."
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1997. Old "glamour shots" of Carole, her daughter and others with big cats.
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Their past name was "Wildlife on Easy Street."1997.
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April 12, 1998, Chicago Tribune, Chicago, Illinois. "Strange bedfellows at Tampa's Wildlife on Easy Street." "Wildlife on Easy Street in Tampa is a B&B which allows you to cuddle with the endangered or exotic young cat of your choice."
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1999 from their website. "There are only two WHITE Servals in the World and both of them were born and live on Easy Street!" "USDA dismissed their pending suit against WildLife on Easy Street on March 26, 1999. Thanks to everyone who write in on behalf of us. Thank You!"
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October 26, 2002, from their website wildlifeoneasystreet.com. They sell wedding packages. Is this a donation?
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2004 from their website. "Big Cat Rescue, is a non profit 501 (c) 3 Corp., and is a permanent retirement home to over 170 exotic cats representing 23 species and sub species. See our
Species Listing under "Animals" for details. What makes us different is that here, your donations actually go to the animals. In order to educate the public about the conditions that lead to so many unwanted, abandoned and abused animals we offer tours, outreach presentations, animal interaction and the opportunity to spend the night in the heart of the sanctuary. We are always inneed of more dedicated volunteers. This site contains over 2100 pages of information and articles about exotic cats."
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