By Advocate | April 22, 2013 at 11:03 pm | No comments
Several enclosures that held domestic cats at the Wildcat Sanctuary near Sandstone were damaged early Friday after nearly two feet of ice and snow built up on their roofs.
The roof of a domestic cat pen caves to the weight of snow at the Wildcat Sanctuary near...
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By Advocate | April 22, 2013 at 11:01 pm | No comments
(credit: CBS)
SANDSTONE, Minn. (WCCO) – The heavy snow that fell overnight caused the roofs of the enclosures at the Wildcat Sanctuary in Sandstone, Minn., to collapse.
Holly Henry said it’s never happened before.
“Never in our 13-year...
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By Advocate | April 22, 2013 at 10:57 pm | No comments
Heavy snow collapsed enclosures at Wildcat Sanctuary, but no animals escaped.
A tiger played in the snow at the Wildcat Sanctuary, Wednesday, Jan. 23, 2013 in Sandstone.
Photo: Elizabeth Flores, Star Tribune
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By Advocate | March 4, 2013 at 3:24 am | No comments
Dave Larson was hunting coyotes with his two hounds Jan. 23 south of Osakis, Minn., when the dogs picked up the tracks of a mountain lion.
There’d been reports of a cat in the area since November, and a buddy of Larson’s, who also hunts with hounds, had treed the lion...
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By Advocate | March 1, 2013 at 8:20 pm | 3 comments
“If I were to come back as a tiger, I would want to live out my days at The Wildcat Sanctuary.”
Dr. Ronald Tilson – Senior Conservation Advisor and World-Renowned Tiger Expert/Researcher
The desire for a human-animal connection is universal and undeniable. But we...
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By Advocate | February 25, 2013 at 4:25 am | No comments
Thank you everyone who donated to the 10th Annual Miracle Match Program! You helped make it a huge success. We will have the totals from the program to share shortly.
Watch the thank you video here to see how your gift helps so many!
From March 1st through...
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By Advocate | February 21, 2013 at 4:04 am | No comments
Attorneys representing Michael Sandlin, who owns Tony, a 550-pound Bengal tiger residing at Sandlin's Tiger Truck Stop, argued before a three-judge 1st Circuit Court of Appeal panel yesterday to keep Tony where he is, despite arguments from the Animal Legal Defense...
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By Advocate | February 21, 2013 at 3:57 am | No comments
An attorney for a truck stop owner told a Louisiana appeals court that an animal rights group and several individuals had no legal right to file suit in 2010 challenging a Grosse Tete truck stop's state permit to house a 550-pound tiger at the facility.
But a...
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By Advocate | February 20, 2013 at 4:29 am | No comments
VIDEO REPORT AT: http://www.krdo.com/news/More-mountain-lions-hunting-in-Colo-Springs/-/417220/18991234/-/yjf4rc/-/index.html
Reports of mountain lion sightings are increasing in Colorado Springs, and Colorado Parks and Wildlife’s Michael Seraphin said residents need to be...
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By Advocate | February 20, 2013 at 4:23 am | No comments
The Wildcat Sanctuary has offered a forever home for Tony since this case was first brought to our attention. We hope the judicial proceedings end soon with his release to an accredited sanctuary so he can live out the rest of his days wild at heart, as he's always...
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