Another busy year. The following are some of the highlights
NEVADA: With the relocation of the Siegfried and Roy cats (6 tigers, 3 leopards and 2 lions) from the Mirage hotel and the 6 tigers from Dirk Arthur and the shutdown of Carl Mitchell, and relocation of his 7 tigers that he claimed were his emotional support animals there are no longer any tiger shows in Las Vegas or tiger dealers left in the state of Nevada. The Last Tiger Show
OHIO: By far our largest rescue was the shutdown of a Fur Farm in Ashtabula Ohio. Made possible by the space made available by Joe Taft and his Sanctuary in Indiana and his willingness to take in 30 animals including foxes, wolves and coyotes. Fur Is Not Fashionable
OREGON: The West Coast Game Park, one of the largest cub petting and tiger breeding facilities in the Northwest shutdown. The Nightmare Is Over
EASTERN EUROPE: The new found popularity of big cats as social media attractions led to their presence in Eastern European restaurants to attract customers. The age old practice of chaining bears to the furniture was replaced by a lion in a cage for your viewing amusement during dinner. After a series of mishaps the local population objected, the cats were confiscated and relocated to Sanctuaries in Netherlands and Germany. Big Cats in the Balkans
WESTERN EUROPE: (Circus closings) Lions surrendered by circuses in France relocated to sanctuary in South Africa.
THAILAND: In 2025 we funded the rescue of 3 tigers and 2 leopards relocated from a Vietnamese financed tiger farm in northeast Thailand near the Laotian border to the Wildlife Friends Foundation south of Bangkok in Thailand. This was TIA’s 3rd tiger recuse to this newly renovated facility. This facility has continued to improve, and this year became a named Tigers in America Sanctuary. Thailand Rescue Continues
TIGER MEDICARE: Apart from our normal transport activity we have expanded our Tiger Medicare program to a include special medical procedures for any Big Cat in a TIA Sanctuary including eye surgery to restore sight and in another case to repair bone damage caused by a botched declaw.
AWARDS: We have been honored to receive
The Champions of the Wild from Ray Lesniak Lesniak Award
The Advocacy Award from Ed Stewart PAWS Award
GENETICS: Dr Ellie Armstrong has accepted the position of Assistance Professor of Conservation Genetics at University of California-Riverside has set up her lab and continues her work with anti-trafficking
PHOTO CONTEST: The 6th GFAS – Tigers in America photo competition, run every year to celebrate International Tiger Day on July 29th. We were honored to have Jo-Anne McArthur judge and select the winner. Jo-Anne is an award-winning photojournalist, sought-after speaker, photo editor.
The 2025 winner is “What Are We Teaching?” by Gigi Glendinning.
UNTIL NEXT YEAR: As of the end of this year our Rescue count is 369 tigers and 173 other big cats. Rescue Details
Please remember none of this would be possible without your help and support and we and the cats will be forever grateful. Enjoy the holidays and if you get a chance take a bit of time and relax in the snow.