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While there are very few wild tigers left, the number of the registered captive big cats in Vietnam, mostly in private facilities, has increased from 97 in 2010 to 364 in 2021.
Since it was a baby, something can trigger them and probably will trigger them. it might be the musk in the perfume that you have on. it might be a car backfiring. anything can set them off. they're wired to be set off. >> i mean, jenny, we're still watching footage there of you with i think cous cous, amongst other animals and big cats. when you were in close proximity to cous cous, describe the kind of power that you feel. i had a full-sized cheetah here when jack hanna came in, and i was pretty startled, actually, just how powerful it felt to be in the presence of a big cat that close. >> y...
>> what is extraordinary is that apparently there are no federal regulations safeguarding animal workers. they exist just for the public. i was pretty shocked to hear that. i mean, there have been a number -- i think since 1995, we worked out, there have been 22 people killed by captive big cats. more than 248 have been mauled according to big cat rescue, an animal sanctuary in florida. you would have thought there could be by now be some kind of federal regulation relating to people who work at these places. >> yes, but there really is none. the laws protect the public but not the workers, no...
Regulations safeguarding animal workers. they exist just for the public. i was pretty shocked to hear that. i mean, there have been a number -- i think since 1995, we worked out, there have been 22 people killed by captive big cats. more than 248 have been mauled according to big cat rescue, an animal sanctuary in florida. you would have thought there could be by now be some kind of federal regulation relating to people who work at these places. >> yes, but there really is none. the laws protect the public but not the workers, not the interns, not the volunteers. and that's why we think our st...
Can trigger them and probably will trigger them. it might be the musk in the perfume that you have on. it might be a car backfiring. anything can set them off. they're wired to be set off. >> i mean, jenny, we're still watching footage there of you with i think cous cous, amongst other animals and big cats. when you were in close proximity to cous cous, describe the kind of power that you feel. i had a full-sized cheetah here when jack hanna came in, and i was pretty startled, actually, just how powerful it felt to be in the presence of a big cat that close. >> you know, i felt safe when i was...