John, tigers, lions and other wild animals need
your help today.
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The Netflix miniseries, Tiger King, has placed a spotlight on the captive
wildlife trade in the U.S. But the show didn’t begin to expose the trade’s real
horrors. Our legal campaign to shut it down has exposed cruelty and neglect of
animals – including endangered animals, like tigers – on a rampant scale. A
shocking lack of federal legal protections has allowed such cruelty to continue.
But there is an exciting new opportunity to protect magnificent big cats – The Big Cat Public Safety Act.
The Big Cat Public Safety Act, a bill in Congress, would help end the rampant
abuse of tigers, lions, and other big cats across the country. The Animal Legal Defense Fund is working tirelessly with other animal advocacy
groups across the country to pass this important law — and we need your help! Your gift today will help strengthen our fight to enact
this powerful piece of legislation, and other much-needed legal protections for
abused, neglected, and exploited animals.
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If passed, this bill would prohibit the private ownership of big cats, and
direct public contact with them including cub petting — a cruel practice in which newborn cubs are torn from their distressed mothers
moments after they’re born, then worked to exhaustion and often physically
abused so they can be passed around for tourist photo opportunities. Sadly, once
these captive-born cubs are too big for this purpose, some are illegally killed
while others are sold into the wild “pet” trade where many end up in cruel
roadside zoos.
The exploitation of wildlife for profit must stop, {salutation~First Name or
Friend}. If you are appalled by the cruel treatment of these animals, then I
urge you to join the Animal Legal Defense Fund today and fuel our fight for
animals with a life-saving contribution.
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We’ve been fighting relentlessly against roadside zoos for years — filing
lawsuits to shut down these cruel facilities and move the animals to reputable
sanctuaries. Our major victory against Cricket Hollow Zoo where we rescued hundreds of
animals, including endangered lions and tigers, set a federal legal precedent
that the protections of the Endangered Species Act (ESA) applied to endangered
animals in captivity, as well as those in the wild. That groundbreaking precedent has enabled us to successfully shut down other
facilities that abuse and neglect endangered animals, and we will continue to do
so. PROTECT BIG CATS NOW!
[[link removed]] But there’s so much more work to be done. Your contribution to the Animal Legal Defense Fund will aid in the fight to
establish strong animal protection laws, like the Big Cat Public Safety Act,
that will protect animals from cruelty and exploitation.
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Your generosity and support makes our lifesaving legal work for animals
possible. And your continued support now will help us make even more progress
for big cats and other abused, neglected, and exploited animals. For the animals,
Stephen Wells
Executive Director
P.S. With Tiger King putting the plight of captive animals in the spotlight, we must use this opportunity to build on our momentum, pressure elected
officials to enact meaningful change, and advance our efforts to protect lions,
tigers, and other big cats through the legal system.
[[link removed]] Thank you in advance for fighting alongside us for a better future for animals.
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