More Name Changes Happening with the Former WAO Big Cats

Looks like BCR is not the only facility changing the former WAO New Jersey tigers' names!  Very interesting.  So, I turned to FB to learn why their names, after all these years, were chanaged and found this posting:

Mark Hernandez

I just finished reading your Fall 2011 newsletter and noticed that the names of the former WAO tigers were changed? I thought they were named China, Kashmir, Swathe, and of course, Kismet. Can you let us know who is who now so we don't get confused with their new names? Thanks!

Carolina Tiger Rescue
 

Of course! China=Christian, Kashmir=Max, Swathe=Marcus, and Kizmet is still Kizmet. We changed China's name because we had a binturong named China in the past, and we worked with the couple that assisted us with their rescue to come up with the ideas for the new names. ~ Amanda B.

Carolina Tiger Rescue - 2011-11Pawprint

You will note in the article that the big cats receive chicken as their main meat with a smattering of dead animals brought in by the public as what?  Special treats?  Do the big cats even receive bones on a weekly basis? Vitamins?  Minerals? I am concerned about their diet -- sounds a lot like what the WAO staff used to feed the big cats.  Not good.  I pray the cats' diet improves for China, Kizmet, Swathe, and Kashir's sake.

Much later: 

Found this on Facebook.  Who is "Tiger America" and what did they actually do for the WAO tigers?  Is this another group trying to insert itself into the WAO case?  Sigh.

Tigers in America

March 19 · Edited ·

Tiger TBT - some of our rescues when they were very small, circa 1996. We caught up with them and rescued them from a failed Texas Sanctuary in 2011 and took them to Carolina Tiger Rescue in Pittsboro, NC.

L to R: Kizmet, Marcus and Christian down front and center