2010 03 12 Carole Diary

Tribute to Snorkel Tiger
Male Siberian/Bengal Tiger DOB 1996 - March 12, 2010

Snorkel was born in 1996 to the same abuser who bred Nakoma the lion, Roxy Luce. She breeds lions and tigers and uses them to make money by selling you a photo of you holding a cute little cub. The general public just doesn’t understand what could be wrong with this? Typically, these cubs are starved, deprived of bone building calcium and even poisoned to give them constant diarrhea so that they cannot gain weight. Exhibitors do this because the cubs are only profitable while they are small. According to FL state law, the public cannot touch the cubs once they reach 45 pounds. Then they are discarded.

Snorkel was given to a small, family-operated circus (Lance Ramos) when he exceeded 45 pounds at the age of 6 months. Because he had been so deprived of nutrition, he was very tiny and stands on little stunted legs. The other bigger circus tigers beat him up and one bit him across the nose so severely that, when he chuffs, it sounds like he is drowning, thus his name. He has never had soft grass to roll in or a pool or mountain cave to call his own before coming to Big Cat Rescue. He has been one of the happiest tigers we have ever rescued.

We had to say goodbye to another one of our great cats this afternoon. Thank you everyone for caring for him all of these years, you truly provided Snorkel the best possible life and he let everyone know with his enthusiastic chuffs.

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. 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.

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