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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- 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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- 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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- 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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- 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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- 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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- 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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- 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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- 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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- 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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- 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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