animals. turpentine creek is a member of the global federation of sanctuaries, a nonprofit established in 2007 to enforce guidelines for humane care, including no buying, selling, or improper breeding of animals and no physical contact. is that a lion? uh-huh. that s a female lion, yeah. animal curator emily mccormick is in charge of the rescue teams and animal care at turpentine. for as long as she can remember, emily tells me she loved tigers and wanted to help save them. after earning her zoology degree, she came to arkansas in 1999 to devote herself to rescuing animals. today she s taking me to meet some of the big cats she s given a new lease on life. and how many animals are on the property? there s 98 right now. 50 tigers. then we have lions and leopards and a jaguar, bobcat.
look, look, look up there. there s a tiger. you see it? yeah. including the sumatran tiger. it s coming towards us. come here. can you make that noise? over the last 30 years, the zoo has carefully bred and raised sumatran tigers to help preserve the subspecies, which is on the brink of extinction in its native home of indonesia. this is what s called its habitat. this is where it lives. where is its house? this is his house in there. according to the world wildlife federation, the number of tigers left in the wild has dropped to only 3,200. but in america, there are as many as 5,000 in captivity. the most revered are white tigers, and every one of them in america descends from one
one of the most popular non-fiction tv series in recent years featured a bunch of men behaving badly. son of a bitch. and severely mistreating animals. god damn you. you know what i m talking about. what you see is a power trip. they go into cages with tigers and seemingly dominate them as an extension of their own masculinity. these so-called kings took dominion off animals and made millions off suffering. he was stumbling and falling over. it s traumatic every time their babies are taken from them. the netflix show is multis and mayhem. but the real story was shortchanged. do you think enough attention has been directed to the cats
scientists in the field can use a smart phone to track the genetic code in real time. in this case, the dna definitely belongs to him. so you are able to determine exactly which tiger. s now instead of saying we have seen about 40 prints in this area, you can say they come down to four tigers. that gives us so much more power. port she plans to take the system to sumatra as soon as possible. she s in a race against time and destruction. they are critically endangered. 70% of the forest cover in the island is gone over the last few decades. sumatran tigers are illegally hunted for their whiskers, teeth, bones, and
and white and orange so which one you want? is it the same price? the white tiger cubs go for 8,100. the seller said he needed the full amount up front and i ended the conversation but i wanted to know more how real this industry is so i reached out to an e expert. we were trying to buy some tigers. okay. online. just to see how easy or hard it might be. yeah. brittany peat has been an attorney with the pita foundation for 13 years and she s an authority on the exotic animal trade. i had an exchange with someone online. i want you to read it. we did deliver and delivery takes three to seven days and we do overnight delivery and you ll be provided with a tracking number. but they were saying fedex, ups and usp. is that how cubs are transport snd. definitely not. it s illegal. so the u.s. postal service and