Media Coverage of Big Cat Rescue
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Big Cat Rescue was in the news 35 times in 2003.
112 12/31/03 Tampa Tribune's Sean Ledig did a story about Jaguar of Tampa's part in rescuing two Jaguars who had been kept in a basement for more than a year.
111 12/29/03 Big Cat Rescue was named as a great place to visit on CNN. Read the story HERE
110 12/21/03 Bay News 9 covered the Jaguar Rescue and the local hero, Rob Elder of Jaguar of Tampa who made it possible.
109 11/19/03 interviewed for three days by People Magazine's Joanna Blonska for Dec.5ths issue, but was told we won't be quoted because she is trying to present the positive side of big cat pet ownership and we had nothing to say in support of something that irresponsible.
108 11/7/03 St. Pete Times, Jackie Ripley quoted us on the number of big cats who are discarded and why.
107 10/31/03 Orlando Sentinelran Carole Lewis' featured letter to the editor about performing animals in Opinions-My Word.
106 10/28/03 Fox Channel 13 with Kathy Fountain's call in talk show called, Your Turn. Carole Lewis took phone inquiries and comments about the questions involving exotic cats in the entertainment industry and as pets.
105 10/25/03 "Education Is Big Cat Rescue's New Plan To Save More Animals" By Sean C. Ledig was on the Front Page of the Northwest section of the Tampa Tribune with a story about our rezoning efforts and our new name.
104 10/19/03 Tampa Tribune Bay Life commentary by Judy Hill entitled "Leo brings home plight of stray animals".
103 10/14/03 Bay News 9 interviewed Scott Lope about the close proximity of people to big cats in any given town.
102 10/13/03 WPVC 97.5 Country Station's Tanner and Tom interviewed Scott Lope about the issues of big cats as pets.
101 10/12/03 St. Pete Times reporter Sheryl Kay interviewed Scott Lope in an editorial called "Maybe they don't belong on stages and in cages". She described Scott as brilliant and as a rich source of information about the plight of animals in captivity.
100 10/10/03 St. Pete Times writer, Collette Bancroft interviews Carole Lewis about the white tiger myths that abound.
99 10/10/03 St. Pete Times, Amy Scherzer gave the fun facts from the Fur Ball.
98 10/10/03 Dateline NBC aired an interview with John Kirkland in front of Bengali at Big Cat Rescue.
97 10/9/03 Carole Lewis did a radio talk show with Charlie Warren at WMAL in Washington.
96 10/9/03 Carole Lewis did phone interview with KABC in Los Angeles.
95 10/08/03 Carrollwood News Amy Williams featured Big Cat Rescue and Carole Lewis' story as Cat Woman.
94 10/6/03 Tampa Tribune's Valerie Kalfrin wrote Show Tigers, Lions Retire to Tampa Refuge. Read it here.
93 10/6/03 Channel 13 did a local interest tie in to the attack on Roy Horn about the cats on Easy Street.
92 10/5/03 Channel 8 and Channel 10 did stories on Seigfried and Roy's misfortune with a local interest story on where big cats go when they won't perform or are unwanted pets.
91 10/3/03 The WB T.V. channel 38 did a great presentation about the Fur Ball at 10:00 PM.
90 10/2/03 ABC Ch. 28 Bob Kendrick and Deiah Riley interviewed Carole Lewis about The Fur Ball, by phone and ran the event in their online calendar.
89 10/1/03 The Tampa Tribune NW, Pick of the Week featured the Fur Ball and a 1/4 page photo of Maya the lioness in her new cat-a-tat.
88 10/1/03 World of Westchase ran a two page glossy 15 photo spread by Chris Barrett about Big Cat Rescue.
87 9/30/03 TBO.com ran a pro bono colour ad for The Fur Ball with 53,000 impressions.
86 9/27/03 Christian Radio FM 97.1 Carole Lewis was interviewed by Bob Barnes telling why Big Cat Rescue is Tampa's best kept secret.
85 9/26/03 Channel 8 has been airing promos about the Fur Ball.
84 9/15/03 Channel 10's Virginia Johnson of the Morning Show interviewed Carole Lewis about the upcoming Fur Ball.
83 9/12/03 Fur Ball Set for Oct. 3 Funds Big Cat Sanctuary by Maurna Bales at the Tampa Tribune.
82 8/24/03 Channel 44 UPN interviewed Scott Lope in English and with the help of Angelica in Spanish after seeing us at the Back To School Bash with Radio Disney.
81 8/1/03 Feline Conservation Federation ran Carolyne Clendinen's article called Bobcat Enrichment, giving us two full pages, lots of photos and our bobcat, Little White Dove the cover.
80 7/9/03 Tampa Tribune NW Section, by Jamie Pilarczyk, about Maya's new Cat-A-Tat. This was also published in the Carrollwood News and Town N Country News.
79 4/15/03 St. Pete Times Floridian section. Colette Bancroft did a wonderful two page spread about the overnight stays here called Bed & Bengal.
78 3/10/03 Channel 28 interviewed us for background information about the Florida Panther after one was struck and killed by a car on I-4 just outside Tampa.
77 1/3/03 WUSF Channel 16 aired a 30 minute segment on Big Cat Rescue in their Spectrum series. This is the best documentary on us yet and was filmed entirely by USF students.
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The following is a partial listing of incidents involving captive big cats since 1990. These incidents have resulted in the massive killing or deaths of big cats, many human deaths, and hundreds of human injuries. Big Cat News.