big cats | Talking Animals https://talkinganimals.net A radio show about animals & animal issues Wed, 30 Nov 2022 00:52:00 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 https://i0.wp.com/talkinganimals.net/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/cropped-talking-animals-favicon.png?fit=32%2C32&ssl=1 big cats | Talking Animals https://talkinganimals.net 32 32 142518242 Emily McCormack, Animal Curator at Turpentine Creek Wildlife Refuge https://talkinganimals.net/2022/11/emily-mccormack-animal-curator-at-turpentine-creek-wildlife-refuge/ https://talkinganimals.net/2022/11/emily-mccormack-animal-curator-at-turpentine-creek-wildlife-refuge/#respond Wed, 23 Nov 2022 05:00:30 +0000 https://talkinganimals.net/?p=9830 Emily McCormack—the Animal Curator at Turpentine Creek Wildlife Refuge (TCWR), a sanctuary in Eureka Springs, Arkansas housing 94 animals (mostly big cats, plus bears)—recalls being infatuated with tigers since childhood, telling her parents at age 10 or 12 that she intended to save them. Sure enough: Half of TCWR’s 84 big cats are tigers. Over […]

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