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 →
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 →
Choi Hu is friendly and curious and loves the enrichment provided by the Safe Haven keepers. Painting is an enrichment activity using paints that are kindergarten-safe and inspired by some strong-smelling men’s cologne. Enrichment comes in many forms and the keepers at Safe Haven keep the tigers interested and stimulated with industrial strength toys, cardboard Read more →
The high desert Nevada environment is similar to what Choi Hu’s Siberian ancestors roamed in the wild, so she enjoys the snow and the sights, smells and sounds of the great outdoors.
Choi Hu was part of an emergency rescue by Safe Haven Rescue Zoo in 2009. She had been kept at a private home in Seattle for a dozen years and was in danger of being euthanized when the owners lost their property. She had been declawed, which makes it unsafe to allow her to be Read more →
One of the Carolina Tiger Rescue interns designed and made modifications to Nitro’s enclosure, making sand paths to let him know he is close to the fence and scent-marking his water bowl. After a few days of learning to navigate his space, he stopped bumping into trees and gets around just fine. He is a Read more →
Apache was very protective of Nitro, and would walk with him around their enclosure and get between Nitro and any tiger in a nearby enclosure that didn’t seem friendly. As the Carolina Tiger Keepers observed them, they began to notice that Nitro didn’t seem to focus very well and he would bump into trees and Read more →
Nitro arrived at Carolina Tiger Rescue in 2009, with his enclosure-mate Apache. They had been rescued from a junkyard in Kansas after a lion there attacked a man. The three lions were relocated to the Detroit Zoo, and the search began for a home for the owner’s two tigers. Luckily, Carolina Tiger Rescue could take Read more →
Since Tabu was a tiny cub, she always sleeps touching Sitarra, even if it is just her paw resting on Sitarra’s. In the photo you can see her dozing with both paws on her sister.
