Another Crime Against Nature By The Myrtle Beach Circus

It is not clever, it is not right. It truly is a criminal act and yet this nonsense goes on unchecked. It is places like this which give zoos a bad name. It does nothing for conservation or education. All it does is line Doc Antle's pockets and massage his inflated ego.

Half lion, half tiger - it's the baby liger... and his 64 stone brother
Their heads are shaped like a ­lioness’s, yet faint stripes and shorter legs suggest a different ­heritage. Are these lions or tigers? Neither – they are ligers, a cross between a male lion and a tigress.

Four-week-old Aries hardly cuts a commanding figure as he sits on his big brother’s head. Yet the cub will grow to match colossal Hercules, who weighs more than 64 stone.

Ligers grow at such an explosive rate, piling on about 1 lb per day, that by the time Aries reaches his first birthday, he is expected to weigh more than 26 stone.

When he is three, he could be more than 50 stone, and a few more years on he may challenge his brother for the title of the world’s biggest hybrid cat.

Standing almost 6ft tall to the tips of his ears, Hercules has a page devoted to him in the Guinness World Records book.

The project is run by The Institute of Greatly Endangered and Rare Species (T.I.G.E.R.S.).
Its director, Dr Bhagavan Antle, said: ‘Aries could be just as big as Hercules and it is entirely possible he could be bigger.
‘Generally lions and tigers don’t reproduce and the male lion breeding with a tiger has only happened three times.
‘The great thing about ligers is they have this extreme social ability they get from their lion fathers.They enjoy the social life and enjoy touching and interactive play.’
Trainer Moksha Bybee, 30, added: ‘The liger’s aggression is tempered by the mother tiger which gives them a greater social capacity. They love rolling against you and wanting to touch

The siblings, both more playful than pure lions, were born at Myrtle Beach Safari wildlife reserve in South Carolina.

The project is run by The Institute of Greatly Endangered and Rare Species (T.I.G.E.R.S.).
Its director, Dr Bhagavan Antle, said: ‘Aries could be just as big as Hercules and it is entirely possible he could be bigger.

‘Generally lions and tigers don’t reproduce and the male lion breeding with a tiger has only happened three times.

‘The great thing about ligers is they have this extreme social ability they get from their lion fathers.They enjoy the social life and enjoy touching and interactive play.’

Trainer Moksha Bybee, 30, added: ‘The liger’s aggression is tempered by the mother tiger which gives them a greater social capacity. They love rolling against you and wanting to touch

You can read the full story HERE


piling on about 1 lb per day - bad I was going to pick through the whole article but it just sickens me because it is all so wrong, wrong, wrong!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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Latest Coup From The Myrtle Beach Circus

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Latest Coup From The Myrtle Beach Circus

It was just the other day that I posted a link on Doc Antle and his visit to congress. Well he has done it again. This is a direct kick of 'sand into the eyes' of all the Orangutan groups who have strived to stop them being used in advertising. I don't believe that the so called 'Rare Species Fund' (part of the so called 'The Insitute for Greatly Endangered and Rare Species') contributes anything to Orangutan conservation in the wild. It would be rather like a charity accepting blood money. Can anyone tell me different? Can anyone show proof?
They claim to be supporting "hundreds of orphaned Orangutans". They show a photograph of four baby Orangutans which "were born at our reserve from captive bred parents". Then can anyone tell me why the hell they are not with their parents? They should be in the same way that 'Suriya' who you will see in the advert below should be with his parents or at least other Orangutans in an enclosure and not parading around in supermarkets.
Wasn't it nice to know that he was not alone though, because all his Orangutan friends were in the motorhome outside. This gave me a sort sickly feeling in the back of my throat. Having a 'Palm Oil' message at the end of the video does not make it all okay.

Anyway see what you think, watch the video. I think it is all very clever. Another coup for Doc Antle and his Myrtle Beach Circus, but clever does not make it right.


Suryia the Orangutan and Robitussin Help Save Wild Orangutans.

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Liger in 'London'

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So once again the so called Institute of Greatly Endangered and Rare Species (T.I.G.E.R.S) gets space in British Newspapers. 'The Telegraph' at one end and 'The Sun' at the other. Doc Antle and his crew are experts at getting into the newspapers with excellent photos. Here they are exhibiting their Liger in a mock up London scene.

So why a Liger? Well you tell me. Absolutely pointless. Make no contribution to conservation. Not clever, not difficult to produce. Who would want to other than the owners of a freak show.

I note that neither of these newspapers has a word to say about how the breeding of such an animal is so totally wrong.

You can read the stories and view photographs here:

Liger goes to 'London' for a light lunch

Monster liger loose in London

T.I.G.E.R.S.

I have gone on about the so called 'The Institute Greatly Endangered and Rare Species' (T.I.G.E.R.S.) every time I have seen one of their stories in the press. Everything they ever present is so well done. Such excellent photos accompanying a text of mumbo jumbo made up to dupe and confuse the public.
It does confuse them too, and also confuses some zoo people too because I am frequently sent photos by people thinking what they are doing is wonderful. It isn't.

I am delighted that someone has taken the time to do in depth research on the 'Institute' and its founder.

Please follow this link:
http://www.911animalabuse.com/00abusers/bhagavandocantle.htm


Note from Peter:
Just in case anyone thinks I am joining the ranks of the anti's........I am not. I remain 100% Pro Zoo....Pro GOOD Zoo. Just like the rest of you. I hope.