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Dec 10, 2021

Turpentine Creek Wildlife Refuge welcomes its newest rescue, an almost two-year-old male African serval. Tanya Smith, President and Founder of Turpentine Creek Wildlife Refuge, received a ca …

Jun 1, 2021

Member sanctuaries of the Big Cat Sanctuary Alliance are caring for nearly half of the 68 big cats recently seized by the U.S. government from Tiger King Park in Thackerville, Oklahoma.

Jun 1, 2021

Turpentine Creek Wildlife Refuge says it had a hand in rescuing 68 big cats from Tiger King Park previously owned by Joe Exotic, including assisting in the transport of 8 animals to other sa …

Nov 6, 2020

The Big Cat Sanctuary Alliance (BCSA), in partnership with the Global Federation of Animal Sanctuaries (GFAS), and the North American Primate Sanctuary Alliance (NAPSA), is celebrating the 2 …

Oct 21, 2020

Turpentine Creek Wildlife Refuge (a member of the Big Cat Sanctuary Alliance) provides an update on the health issues of the eight big cats rescued from Wildlife in Need, a pseudo-sanctuary …

Sep 25, 2020

A broad, unchecked trend of big cat possession is afoot in the U.S. From coast to coast, an untracked number of private citizens own big cats, amongst other wildlife. “Roadside zoos” are spr …

Sep 25, 2020

Turpentine Creek Wildlife Refuge (a member of the Big Cat Sanctuary Alliance) has rescued eight big cats from Wildlife in Need, a pseudo-sanctuary located in Charlestown, Indiana, and featur …

Aug 13, 2020

At the Cleveland Amory Black Beauty Ranch along with Lions Tigers & Bears, animals are beating the heat with dips in a pool and delicious ice pops, just like us!

May 15, 2020

While quarantined with a bout of COVID-19 in her uptown New Orleans home, endangered species protection lawyer Carney Anne Nasser (an Advisory Board member for the BCSA) has had plenty to sa …

May 13, 2020

While Netflix’s popular “Tiger King” series might have entranced audiences worldwide with “murder, mayhem, and madness,” it’s also driving some national attention to Black Pine Animal Sanctu …

May 8, 2020

With “Tiger King” mania sweeping the nation, big cats are coming into the limelight. Missouri is a hotbed for big cat ownership — and abuse.

May 8, 2020

Only one facility in Missouri is verified as a tiger sanctuary by the Global Federation of Animal Sanctuaries: Crown Ridge Tiger Sanctuary in Ste. Genevieve.

May 8, 2020

Now that the world has gotten a good laugh at Netflix’s “Tiger King” docuseries, it’s time to look past the sequins, mullets and tassels and see private exotic animal collections for what th …

Apr 27, 2020

Throughout “Tiger King”, viewers are introduced to a collection of roadside zoos across the country and one animal sanctuary, but what the series failed to explain to viewers is the signific …

Apr 20, 2020

Here’s what two journalists, who’ve documented the captive tiger tourism industry for years, had to say about Netflix’s Tiger King: Murder, Mayhem and Madness.

Apr 15, 2020

The coronavirus pandemic has proven to be a weird time for Black Pine Animal Sanctuary, which is a member of the Big Cat Sanctuary Alliance and is accredited by the Global Federation of Anim …

Apr 7, 2020

Turpentine Creek is a nonprofit located on 450-acres about seven miles south of Eureka Springs. It says it does not buy, sell, trade, loan out or beed their animals and does not offer cub pe …

Apr 6, 2020

The responses of Carolina Tiger Rescue and the Big Cat Sanctuary Alliance to the “Tiger King” docuseries were recently featured in an article in The News & Observer.

Mar 31, 2020

The abuse and exploitation of captive big cats in the U.S. is a serious problem that endangers both the animals and the public. The Netflix docuseries Tiger King shines a light on this impor …

Feb 11, 2020

The rescue and relocation of tigers Luna and Remington to an accredited sanctuary is a success story for the animals and for members of the Big Cat Sanctuary Alliance (BCSA), which works to …