2018-06-07 Carole Baskin’s Diary

Carole Baskins Diary

Amazon Exclusives

Today I applied for our Big Cat Rescue Amazon store to become an Amazon Exclusives partner. I think this marks a big day for us. It’s going to cost me 5% more, but given the increased exposure I think it will more than pay for itself. This was part of my application and the product ASINs we started with:

Big Cat Rescue is a non profit sanctuary to lions, tigers, leopards, jaguars, cougars, bobcats, servals, caracals, ocelots and other species of wild cats. We are unique in that we hold the highest accreditation and rankings in the industry by the Global Federation of Animals Sanctuaries and Charity Navigator. We are held out by GFAS to be a model facility and are often called upon to help educate other animal sanctuaries in methods to increase their viability.

Big Cat Rescue is rated 4 Stars by Charity Navigator (their highest rating) every year since 2011, which only 6% of the thousands of nonprofits they rate achieve, and has the highest overall numerical score of any animal based charity at an amazing 100%! Big Cat Rescue is in the top 5% of performers in Smile.Amazon.com's program due to our world wide brand recognition. Our credentials are extensive and listed here: https://bigcatrescue.org/about/credentials/

Our mission is to end the trade in big cats as pets, props and parts and we have seen increasing momentum toward that goal. As part of a big cat coalition that formed in 2011 we have been successful in ending the inbreeding in AZA accredited zoos that creates white tigers, which suffer many birth defects. We were able to have the US Fish & Wildlife Service rescind their generic tiger loophole, which allowed back yard breeders to constantly pump out and tigers for use as pay to play props, and we authored a federal bill, HR1818-S2990 which will end the private possession of big cats and stop some of the most egregious forms of cruelty. We have been successful in moving USDA to enforce animal welfare act standards to protect cubs from being taken from their mothers at birth to be used as pay to play props. We still have much to do on these fronts to ensure that tigers and other exotic cats do not suffer in captivity.

We also fund in-situ project to protect wild cats in the wild, where they belong. We are this country's leading authority on bobcat rehab and release and provide these services at no charge to the community. Just recently we helped support the reintroduction of two Amur tigers (one had been orphaned and the other shot in the face) back to the wild in Russia. You can see all of our efforts to save wild places for wild cats at BigCatRescue.org/insitu

We began selling on Amazon as a way to reach more people and give them the ability to fund the rescue and lifetime care of captive bred big cats and help shape our planet by supporting our efforts to preserve entire eco systems which are necessary for big cats to survive. It is only through protecting our planet that we will all have clean air, safe water and a better way of life.

Hi, I’m Carole Baskin and I’ve been writing my story since I was able to write, but when the media goes to share it, they only choose the parts that fit their idea of what will generate views. These are my views and opinions. If I'm going to share my story, it should be the whole story. The titles are the dates things happened. If you have any interest in who I really am please start at the beginning of this playlist: http://savethecats.org/

I know there will be people who take things out of context and try to use them to validate their own misconception, but you have access to the whole story. My hope is that others will recognize themselves in my words and have the strength to do what is right for themselves and our shared planet.

You can help feed the cats at no cost to you using Amazon Smile!

Visit BigCatRescue.org/Amazon-smile

You can see photos, videos and more, updated daily at BigCatRescue.org

Check out our main channel at YouTube.com/BigCatRescue

Music (if any) from Epidemic Sound (http://www.epidemicsound.com) This video is for entertainment purposes only and is my opinion. Closing graphic with permission from https://youtu.be/F_AtgWMfwrk