Big Cats in Captivity Rescue and Advocacy - United States
There are more tigers in captivity in the United States than there are in the wildbest of big cats: ifaw rescues and protects big cats across the world
best of big cats: ifaw rescues and protects big cats across the world
IFAW works to rescue and protect big cats all over the world. From policy work in the Unites States to end private ownership of big cats to landscape conservation in Africa and Asia to preserve habitat and protect wild cats, IFAW leads the way saving species.
Here are some incredible videos from the IFAW archives you may have missed.
Seized: Big Cat Rescue Documentary
- 2014 - Rotting carcasses and decrepit conditions lead to the closure of a Sinclaireville, NY “sanctuary” and the seizure of 21 large animals. IFAW is called in by state and federal officials to orchestrate the rescue, source new homes and coordinate transport for those animals who survived living in squalor.
Watch Part One of our docuseries Seized
Rescued Tigers Swim For the First Time!
- 2015 - Rescued from the Sinclaireville seizure in the video above, Carli and Lilly feel what it’s like to swim for the first time. True sanctuaries, like Safe Haven Wildlife Sanctuary provide critical enrichment activities for their animals – and tigers, unlike many of their feline friends – love a swim.
Rescued Tigers Swim For the First Time!
Incredibly Rare Siberian Tiger Release - GoPro Video of the Day
- 2013 - With several release attempts failed and battery life on the GoPros draining by the minute, this once-in a lifetime experience was finally caught on camera. Meet Zolushka – a Siberian tigress released back into the Russian wild after she was left orphaned, her mother likely killed by poachers.
Incredibly Rare Siberian Tiger Release - GoPro Video of the Day
ifaw Arkansas Big Cat Rescue
- 2013 - Tigers can leap 12 feet high, but were being kept in enclosures only 6 feet tall with no top. IFAW stepped in to bring big cats to reputable sanctuaries. From sedation to transport to acclimation to new enclosures, watch the journey unfold.
IFAW Arkansas Big Cat Rescue
Epic Tiger Release in Far East Russia
- 2014 - Three tigers left orphaned after their mothers were killed by poachers get a second chance at life. Watch this epic release back into the wild in Far East Russia.
Epic Tiger Release in Far East Russia
The Truth About White Tigers: Minka & Clarence
- 2016 - American actress and IFAW Ambassador Minka Kelly meets Clarence, a white tiger living out his remaining days at Safe Haven Wildlife Sanctuary. She learns why the allure of white tigers means lifetimes of suffering for big cats.
The Truth About White Tigers: Minka & Clarence
Help us end this crisis. Make your voice heard.
Tell your members of Congress that you care about big cats and support H.R. 1380/S. 2561.
sign here
Related content
Our work can’t get done without you. Please give what you can to help animals thrive.