Clay, Daniel, and Enzo, three of 39 tigers rescued from an animal park in Oklahoma, gather at a pool at the Wild Animal Sanctuary in Keenesburg, Colorado. These cats will live out their lives here, with proper nutrition and vet care.into captive tigers in America sent us through 32 U.S. states—with some truly disturbing experiences.
Zigzagging the country, we interviewed hundreds of people for the story, including owners, workers, and customers at both roadside zoos and true sanctuaries, as well as wildlife biologists, conservationists, prosecutors, and U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service agents. Sometimes we went undercover, sometimes not.The prestigious annual Eliza Scidmore Award for Outstanding Storytelling is presented by the National Geographic Society.
It was a steamy July day, and soon two of the cats jumped into a stock tank to cool off. The third settled beside them on the ground. I crossed the road to shoot pictures of another tiger, framed by a patchwork of blue sky and gray clouds, with the last rays from the sun streaming through as it dipped behind the Rocky Mountains.
When the story ran in 2019, members of Congress who’d sponsored legislation regulating big cats received a copy. Three years later,, prohibiting private ownership in most circumstances and public hands-on contact. The U.S. cub-petting industry is now a thing of the past.Landmark U.S. legislation bans cub petting, tiger selfies, and breeding big cats as pets.
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