Carole Baskin–founder and CEO of Big Cat Rescue in Tampa, one of the world’s largest such sanctuaries, housing more 100 big cats (lions, tigers, leopards, cougars, servals, others) over 40-plus acres–discusses the history and evolution of the facility (including her admitted ignorance in the beginning about the pitfalls of having an exotic cat as a pet, and about breeding),
opines on the chief causes of the population explosion of captive big cats, touches on legislation designed to address that explosion, and responds to callers and e-mailers who raise questions about how many cats at the facility are rescued versus the product of Carole’s earlier breeding efforts and level other charges about fraudulent practices. [www.BigCatRescue.org]
Listen Online Now:
COMEDY CORNER: Steve Martin’s “Cat Handcuffs” [www.SteveMartin.com]
MUSIC: Friends of Dean Martinez’s “All The Pretty Horses,” Nellie McKay’s “Pounce,” instrumentals
NAME THAT ANIMAL TUNE: The Beatles’ “Dig A Pony”
