Alexander https://tigersinamerica.org Wed, 28 Dec 2022 21:52:31 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 https://tigersinamerica.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/02/cropped-Favicon-32x32.png Alexander https://tigersinamerica.org 32 32 Arriving at Black Beauty Ranch https://tigersinamerica.org/2013/05/01/arriving-at-black-beauty-ranch/ Wed, 01 May 2013 17:30:00 +0000 https://tigersinamerica.org/?p=1959 Read more]]> Arriving at Black Beauty Ranch, Alex is frightened and tentative as he takes his first steps onto the fresh Texas grass.

But in only a day or so, he luxuriates in his new home. Alexander is playful and friendly but still just a little cautious. He does like to “hide” in his tub, then jump out to splash and surprise people he knows!

]]> Trip to Black Beauty Ranch https://tigersinamerica.org/2013/05/01/trip-to-black-beauty-ranch/ Wed, 01 May 2013 17:00:00 +0000 https://tigersinamerica.org/?p=1949 Alexander was sedated and given a veterinary exam before being loaded into the transport cage for his trip to Black Beauty Ranch. A curious cow looks on.

]]> Alex Waits for His Turn to Be Rescued https://tigersinamerica.org/2013/05/01/alex-waits-for-his-turn-to-be-rescued/ Wed, 01 May 2013 16:30:00 +0000 https://tigersinamerica.org/?p=1956 Read more]]> As personnel from the Cleveland Amory Black Beauty Ranch, Big Cat Rescue, In-Sync Exotics and Wildlife Rescue & Rehabilitation work together with representatives from the Kansas City Zoo and the Atchison County Sheriff’s Department, Alex waits for his turn to be rescued. The weather is damp and cold, and there is no clean dry place for the tiger to rest or groom himself. Mud and old feces cling to his fur, to his obvious distress.

]]> Found on a Kansas Farm https://tigersinamerica.org/2013/05/01/found-on-a-kansas-farm/ Wed, 01 May 2013 16:00:00 +0000 https://tigersinamerica.org/?p=1954 Read more]]> Alexander is a hybrid tiger about 3 years old and was found early in 2013 on a Kansas farm together with a number of other big cats without food or access to clean water. The owner of the animals had been an exotic animal breeder who lost his USDA license in 2011. It is possible that Alexander was a cub when brought to this location and that he has never known the feel of grass under his feet, enough food, or room to act like a tiger.

None of the animals’ ramshackle cages had been cleaned in a very long time. Neighbors said that they had seen the owner perhaps five times in the two months leading up to the rescue. Animals who starved to death were found in an open pit close to the cages.

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