Aasha Getting Better
Categorized as Aasha and Smuggler
Getting better and playing in the “big tiger” pool.
Author: Neil Harvey
Aasha Arrives at In-Sync
Categorized as Aasha and Smuggler
The USDA contacted In-Sync Exotics Wildlife Rescue and Educational Center about taking Aasha because of their reputation for helping cats with the most serious problems. Aasha had already been moved from place to place in the first four months of her life and after each move her condition became worse. By the time Aasha got Read more →
Zeus in His Kiddie Pool
Categorized as Zeus
Zeus is very laid back and enjoys playing when he is in the mood. Plastic kiddie pools are his favorite—when the keepers put one in his habitat he immediately runs and dives into it and begins licking it and rolling around—and if there is snow on the ground, that’s fine too.
Zeus, a Bengal tiger born in 1998, came to The Wildcat Sanctuary in 2010 with a number of other big cats after a facility in Texas that housed over 400 animals went bankrupt. The collapse of this large operation sent lions, tigers, bears and primates to sanctuaries all over the country. The owner of TWS Read more →
Sierra Loves Her Pool
Categorized as Ekaterina and Sierra
Sierra loves her pool, and will stalk Ekaterina from inside it. She puts her ears down and waits until Ekaterina is just close enough, then charges out of the pool and runs around chasing and splashing water everywhere.
TWS Did Not Forget
Categorized as Ekaterina and Sierra
TWS did not forget them, however, and when the Texas facility closed, TWS rescued Sierra and Ekaterina for good, as well as being a major factor in the successful placement of many of the other animals threatened with euthanasia if sanctuary could not be found.
Ekaterina and Sierra
Categorized as Ekaterina and Sierra
Ekaterina (orange) and Sierra (white) came to The Wildcat Sanctuary in 2010 with a number of other big cats after a facility in Texas that housed over 400 animals went bankrupt. But their story began before that. They were both kept by an exploitive breeder in Ohio who charged the public to pet and have Read more →
Bali Inspects an Easter Egg
Categorized as Bali
While other tigers play and goof around with their toys and food, Bali approaches each new thing with deliberation and focus. People who take the time to know him will earn his lasting friendship. In this photo, Bali inspects an Easter egg made for holiday enrichment.
Bali was born in NJ in 1999 and relocated to a Texas sanctuary in 2003 along with 23 other tigers. When the Texas sanctuary went bankrupt, Bali was rescued and relocated to Carolina Tiger Rescue along with two other tigers and three lions. Bali is very reserved and according to his keeper in Texas: Bali, Read more →