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Carole Ann Baskin (née Stairs; formerly Murdock and Lewis; born June 6, 1961) is the CEO of Big Cat Rescue, a non-profit animal sanctuary. [1] [2] She has attracted the attention of local, national and international media outlets to the plight of captive big cats.
In 1992, Don Lewis and Carole Lewis (now known as Carole Baskin) acquired a bobcat.The following year they acquired dozens more. [14] In 1995, they incorporated Wildlife on Easy Street, Inc. in Florida as a Not For Profit Corporation with the stated purpose of "acquisition, shelter, feeding, breeding and socialization of exotic and non-exotic animals; public education and awareness to benefit ...
The 1904 St. Louis World's Fair is credited for the birth of the Saint Louis Zoo. The fair brought the world's attention to St. Louis and Forest Park. The Smithsonian Institution constructed a walk-through aviary for the World's Fair. Ten days after the World's Fair closed, the citizens of St. Louis chose to buy the 1904 World's Fair Flight ...
About 88 dogs and 44 cats were in flown from Florence, South Carolina to Waukesha outside of Milwaukee, Wednesday afternoon, with the Wisconsin shelters helping them get adopted, according to the ...
A cat available for adoption at the Athens Area Humane Society on Friday, May 27, 2022, in Athens. June is national Adopt-A-Cat Month.
Online pet adoption sites have databases, searchable by the public, of pets being housed by thousands of animal shelters and rescue groups. A black cat waiting to be adopted. Because of the superstitions surrounding black cats, they are disproportionately more common in shelters than in the general population and less likely to be adopted than ...
Cats Protection, formerly the Cats Protection League, is a UK charity dedicated to rescuing and rehoming stray, unwanted or homeless cats and educating people about cats and cat welfare. [2] [3] The organization was founded as the Cats Protection League by Jessey Wade and others in 1927. [4] [5] The name was shortened in 1998.
The World Cat Federation has also adopted this classification, treating the Colourpoint Shorthair as a distinct breed. [13] Many Siamese cats from Thailand had a kink in their tails, but over the years, this trait has been considered a flaw. Breeders have largely eradicated it, but the kinked tail persists among street cats in Thailand.