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    Sitaara update-tiger cub kept in small chain link dog kennel at Tiger Creek Animal Sanctuary
    • Mar 20, 2021

    Sitaara update-tiger cub kept in small chain link dog kennel at Tiger Creek Animal Sanctuary

    Sitaara the tiger is being kept in a chain link dog kennel and children are allowed to pet her through the fence. This is a USDA violation.
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    Texas pseudo-sanctuary imprints on native animals, making them unreleasable
    • Mar 19, 2021

    Texas pseudo-sanctuary imprints on native animals, making them unreleasable

    Employees at Tiger Creek Animal Sanctuary utilize native Texas wildlife for petting interactions and photo opportunities.
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    Bear breeder receives 37 USDA animal welfare violations in past year
    • Mar 6, 2021

    Bear breeder receives 37 USDA animal welfare violations in past year

    From Feb. 2020 thru Feb. 2021, notorious bear breeder Robert Sawmiller was cited 37 times by the USDA
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    Wisconsin's Animal Haven Zoo paid Joe Exotic $5,000 for lions, violating the Endangered Species Act
    • Mar 4, 2021

    Wisconsin's Animal Haven Zoo paid Joe Exotic $5,000 for lions, violating the Endangered Species Act

    Animal Haven Zoo, Weyauwega, WI paid Joe Exotic $5000 for two lions in 2018, according to transcripts from Joe Exotic’s trial.
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    Loose tiger cub spotted in Texas backyard
    • Feb 7, 2021

    Loose tiger cub spotted in Texas backyard

    On Friday, an escaped tiger cub was spotted in a backyard in San Antonio, TX.
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    Volunteer's arm nearly ripped off at Tiger Creek Sanctuary
    • Jan 26, 2021

    Volunteer's arm nearly ripped off at Tiger Creek Sanctuary

    From the very beginning of Tiger Creek Sanctuary Tyler TX, owner Brian Werner Ferris has shown just how slimy he is. In 1999, a terrible accident happened at the pseudo-sanctuary when a volunteer’s arm was nearly ripped off by a tiger. According to federal court documents, Werner Ferris refused to pay the volunteer’s medical bills after the attack because he claimed the tiger wasn’t his and he was housing the tiger for a business partner. Werner Ferris was relieved of all res
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    Giraffe neglect at East Texas Zoo and Gator Park
    • Jan 10, 2021

    Giraffe neglect at East Texas Zoo and Gator Park

    Is Loki the giraffe sick? In October 2020, Azizi the giraffe died at East Texas Zoo and Gator Park (ETZ) in Grand Saline, TX, after being treated for barber pole worms. He likely picked up the barber pole worms while grazing and inadvertently ingested the contaminated feces of nearby goats. According to Cornell University College of Agriculture and Life Sciences, barber pole worms are a potentially deadly internal parasite that lives in the affected animal’s stomach, feeding
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    Tracking Texas white lions
    • Jan 8, 2021

    Tracking Texas white lions

    As we continue to research where Luna the white lion at Tiger Creek Animal Sanctuary - Tyler TX came from, we have learned a breeding pair of white lions named Ngala and Motswari have resided at Animal World and Snake Farm Zoo in New Braunsfel, TX, since at least 2015. Animal World also has had 3 pumas at the facility since 2015. In order to produce a white lion, at least one of the parents has to be white or carry the recessive gene. In 2019, Ngala and Motswari gave birth to
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    All Animal Expo? More like All Animal Exploitation
    • Jan 5, 2021

    All Animal Expo? More like All Animal Exploitation

    Illinois -- Scott Smith is at it again. On January 9th exotic animals will be exploited for a profit at Scott Smith's All Animal Expo. “Smith has been bringing baby tigers, bears and kangaroos as publicity stunts to the All Animal Expo (AAE), formerly at DuPage County fairgrounds in Wheaton, kicked out of there, now at Kane County fairgrounds in St. Charles. He even tried to do shows in Indiana to sell more illegal animals but basically got run out of Indiana. This expo sells
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    Tiger Creek Animal Sanctuary neglect - Lexie's story
    • Jan 4, 2021

    Tiger Creek Animal Sanctuary neglect - Lexie's story

    Tiger Creek Animal Sanctuary - Tyler, Texas “Lexie passed away after battling some sort of heart issue. She was not getting up to eat or even relieve herself. Sometimes we resorted to skewering venison on bamboo and pushing it through the fence up to her. On the morning she was put down, the keepers and I again tried to communicate her condition to the owner and manager and got no reply. She was twitching, and we knew something was very wrong. She didn’t respond to us or ackn
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    Brian Werner - Tiger Creek Animal Sanctuary - 1.6 million in corruption
    • Jan 4, 2021

    Brian Werner - Tiger Creek Animal Sanctuary - 1.6 million in corruption

    There is at least $1.6 million in corruption going on at Tiger Creek Animal Sanctuary - Tyler, Texas. Tiger Creek CEO and owner Brian Werner took a payout of $1,670,324.18 from his nonprofit pseudo-sanctuary in 2014, claiming the money was to cover the years he didn’t take a salary, notably for “work performed from 1995-2013,” plus 7.5% interest accrual. According to a 2006 news article, Brian Werner took a salary of $48,900 in 2005. If Werner was taking a salary, and also to
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