by mhessenberger | Apr 4, 2020 | Paws Up/Paws Down
There are more tigers living in captivity in the United States than there are in the wild. April 4, 2020 Last month, millions of Americans tuned in to watch Tiger King, the popular Netflix documentary series that uncovered the seedy underbelly of the roadside zoo...
by mhessenberger | May 29, 2021 | Paws Up/Paws Down
May 25, 2021 Paws Up! To Governor Jared Polis for protecting wild animals from being used in traveling animal acts by signing the “Traveling Animal Protection Act.” Wild animals used for human entertainment, bears riding bikes, tigers jumping through rings...
by ctaylor | Aug 19, 2020 | Paws Up/Paws Down
Paws Up! To the USDA for finally shutting down Greater Wynnewood Exotic Animal Park in Oklahoma. August 19, 2020 While “Tiger King” Joe Exotic, who was made famous after a blockbuster Netflix documentary series that aired this spring, currently serves his...
by mhessenberger | Dec 22, 2022 | Paws Up/Paws Down, Uncategorized
December 22, 2022 Paws Up! President Biden signed the Big Cat Public Safety Act on 12/20/22. (Read more about this law here.) Will you show your support for this vital legislation by sending President Biden a thank you email today?
by ctaylor | Apr 20, 2021 | Paws Up/Paws Down
April 2021 Update (12/20/2022): President Biden signed the Big Cat Public Safety Act! From the dawn of the era of the “family road trip” after the boom of the automobile industry, roadside zoos have been an eyesore on the American landscape since the 1950’s. Replete...
