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Where can my fiance feed a lion/tiger/leopard cub2007-11-25 12:30:43

We live in the Philadelphia area. Feeding can be anywhere though. Any kind of big cat cub.

Answers:

You might try http://www.shambala.org/ . They are a private big cat sanctuary run by Tippie Hederon, actress, Melanie Griffith's mom, Antonio Banderas' mother in-law, You can ask them if you can help with the feeding. They will most likely charge you (they exist on donations) and you maybe able to assist.

Have a good time. I've been there several times.

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ooooh, i'd love to do that! wouldnt it be cool if there were domesticated tigers, or other large cat? that would be so cool

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Hi there.[edit] it appears that one facility MAY have the permits to allow feeding of their exotic animals:

Safari's Exotic Wildlife Sanctuary

26881 East 58 Street

Broken Arrow, OK 74014

918-357-LOVE (5683)

http://www.safarissanctuary.org/.

Handling regulations were amended for all US private and public funded zoos/sanctuaries in July 2004 which don't allow feeding of the big cats to maintain safety for both the public and exotic care facility.

Under new section 2.131(a) was added. It states: "All licensees that maintain wild or exotic animals must demonstrate adequate experience and knowledge of the species they maintain." Consequently, the other subsections in Section 2.131 were renumbered.

Most of the handling questions we receive involving big cats concern the current Section 2.131(c)(1). The Secretary of Agriculture has determined that there is an inherent danger present for both the viewing public and the exhibited animal(s) where there is any chance that the public could come into direct contact with juvenile or adult big cats. The handling regulations prohibit the exhibition of such animals without sufficient distance and/or barriers between the animals and the viewing public to assure the safety of the public and the animals. Trained handlers, leashes, and stages, for example, are not substitutes for sufficient distance and/or barriers.