Shizzyâs Wild-Cat Rescue gains support of âTiger Kingâ star Carole Baskin Carole Baskin at Dancing With the Stars in Los Angeles, CA. (Source: gotpap/STAR MAX/IPx 2020 via AP) By Ashlea Kosikowski | December 31, 2020 at 6:15 PM EST - Updated December 31 at 6:16 PM
FAIR BLUFF, N.C. (WECT) - A big name in the world of big cats throws her support behind a wild-cat sanctuary planned for Fair Bluff.
In a video posted on the Facebook page for Shizzyâs Wild-Cat Rescue, Carole Baskin, of
Tiger King fame, highlights a fundraiser for the proposed sanctuary.
The event, planned for June 18, 2021, will be held at Foreign Cars Italia in Greensboro. The Exotic Cars for Exotic Cats Fur Ball Gala will raise money to build the center, which aims to help abused big cats.
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Detroit Zoo celebrates its first lion born in 40 years
‘Binti’ is first lion born at Detroit Zoo since 1980
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Binti the lion was born Sept. 10, 2020 at the Detroit Zoo. (The Detroit Zoo)
ROYAL OAK, Mich. – The Detroit Zoo announced Tuesday that its first lion born at the zoo in 40 years arrived on Sept. 10, 2020.
The lion is named Binti, meaning “daughter” in Swahili, the Detroit Zoological Society (DZS) said. She is the first lion born at the Detroit Zoo since 1980. Her mother, 4-year-old lioness Asha, underwent a cesarean section after she was observed going into labor naturally but then failed to give birth. Unfortunately, three other cubs were stillborn, zoo officials said.
The black-market trade in wildlife has moved online, and the deluge is dizzying Rene Ebersole © Photograph by Felix Wong, South China Morning Post, Getty Images
Illegal ivory from elephants, rhinos, and other animals is in demand for the production of carved sculptures, trinkets, and jewelry such as these pieces, destroyed in Hong Kong in May 2014 as a public display of defiance against wildlife trafficking. Scientists studying the online ivory trade have found that sellers often use code words to avoid detection by law enforcement.
When a squad of federal and state law enforcement agents with guns and bulletproof vests entered a single-story brick home in Buffalo, New York, on July 5, 2018 they were searching for business records of a suspected criminal enterprise.
Environmental News For The Week Ending 13December 2019
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New US Covid cases were at a record 247,737 on Friday on the worldometers site that I watch; that would be nearly 40% of all the new infections reported worldwide on that day as per that site.However, the Johns Hopkins dashboard is showing a record 1,489,000 new Covid infections worldwide on that date, more than double any previous one day total..I have to assume that s in error, and my best guess would be that somehow the data was entered twice, and they ll eventually correct it.Regardless, whatever the a
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