2013-09-29 Carole Diary

Carole Baskins Diary

We Won Is Posted Everywhere Until We Do I believe in the power of intention and have printed these up and hung them all over the house and on my desktops as wallpaper. It is to celebrate the future where cub handling is banned world wide. Image by Christina Hess, w/ my text overlaid. The calls you never hear about We do a pretty good job of letting you and our outside supporters know about the work we do to save exotic cats, but there are a lot of calls and emails that you never hear about because it turns out to be a case of mistaken identity or we never find the cat or the person who calls, saying they want us to rescue their cat drops off the radar before we can make arrangements. We told you some months ago about an injured leopard that we were trying to save, but we have no police powers and none of the agencies who do would intervene, so the cat continues to suffer, if still alive. Sometimes, in cases like Tony the truck stop tiger, the wheels of justice turn ever so slowly and four years have passed, but we haven't forgotten him and will update you the minute there is something to report. We get countless calls and emails asking us to save black panthers (mostly) and every other imaginable kind of cat, but the vast majority of these turn out to be fat domestic cats, hybrid cats who are not regulated, dogs, coyotes, foxes, raccoons, and even nutria (big rats). One of those calls ended up in me bringing Baby Cakes the genet back from the ASPCA in Largo. They found him wandering in a neighborhood and thought he was a Coatimundi...which was a pretty good guess. Many of the queries we can handle by having the caller send a photo, but a lot of times we have to drive out to the scene, wander around in the woods for hours, and then return with nothing to report to you. I know you guys do a lot that I never see too. Some of you have become experts at knowing when a cat is "just not himself" and know all of the ins and outs of inventory, check in, guest relations, cat poop and more. I am so proud of all of you and want you to know that we are all working to care for the cats who live here and end the suffering outside our gates. Watching this video is NOT mandatory, but shows you some of the behind the scenes work in our rehab program. 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. 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