The Boone County Rescue - Eureka Springs AR
N 36° 18.627 W 093° 45.456
15S E 431987 N 4018649
This sign is right outside the entrance to Turpentine Creek Wildlife Rescue, and chronicles one of their most precarious "big cat" rescues.
Waymark Code: WMMKJA
Location: Arkansas, United States
Date Posted: 10/03/2014
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The Boone County Rescue
On May 14, 1996, The Boone County, Arkansas Sheriff's
Department asked Turpentine Creek to rescue a number
of confiscated wild cats. The Sheriff Dept. wasn't sure
what kind of cats they were or how many.
When Turpentine Creek volunteers got to the cats, the
situation they found was deplorable. A total of ten cats
had been confiscated.
Four Tigers, two leopards, and a lion were in a twenty
foot horse trailer. A tiger and a leopard were locked in
the overhead compartment, a mother tiger and two cubs
were in the end section; the lion and the other leopard
were in the middle two sections, with the divider open.
Two other tigers were each in 6x6 foot cages. A cougar
was in a two foot wide, four foot tall cargo drum. The
drum was so small that he could barely turn around. The
floors of all the boxes were covered with excrement.
Judging by the buildup of waste,
as well as reports from neighbors,
it's estimated that the cats had been
in these units for about three weeks.
All the cats were bone thin. One of
the leopards, Freckles, had died of
starvation just hours before TCWR's
arrival. On his side was a spot of skin where the fur had
been licked away. Presumably, Toby the lion was trying
to revive Freckles by licking him'\.
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