This beautiful girl is 3/4 Siberian Tiger. Our tour guide told us that she was incredibly nervous and aggressive upon arriving at the sanctuary. I could hardly believe his words as she was quite calm and trusting when we stopped by her pen. She is surely one of the most stunning creatures I have seen up close. While the group moved on to see the tigers in the neighboring pen I could not help but linger and just enjoy her awesome presence. Amazing!!!
This stunning girl is a wolf dog hybrid. She was brought to a Wisconsin shelter when her owner "tired of her." Well she deserves much better for sure!
Now she lives happily with an older male mostly wolf hybrid whose mate died during transport to the sanctuary. Her cagemate came from a Puppy Mill who bred GSDs, Wolves and Wolf Hybrids. During their rescue this dog, his mate and their four pups were found in a tiny cage up to their hocks in excrement. Disgusting.
These are two of the three pups that survived the aforementioned conditions.
These are only a fraction of the stories behind the lives now safely secured at Valley of the Kings. I hope eventually the breeding of big cats in captivity will end.
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Sorry the pictures aren't very nice. The cages got in the way plus I tried to be as mellow as possible with my camera. I wish I could have gotten pictures of every animal but some needed more space and it wasn't my place to invade that.
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