On July 15, 2010 we received a complaint that Tigers in Need in Oklahoma was allegedly charging the public to pay with 7 week old tiger cubs in direct violation of USDA's policy that only allows contact between the public and big cat cubs between the age of 8 weeks and 12 weeks.  The USFWS deems that a real sanctuary does not breed, buy, sell, trade, nor allow public contact of any kind at any age with exotic cats.  Any place that allows contact with their cats is not a real sanctuary.

Tigers in Need goes even further to harm big cats by fighting laws that are designed to protect wild animals from being exploited, abused and abandoned.  What kind of rescue doesn't want the abuse to stop?

To see if a sanctuary is accredited go to the Global Federation of Animal Sanctuaries here:    http://www.sanctuaryfederation.org/gfas/gfas-sanctuaries/

To see why allowing contact with cubs is killing them go here:  http://www.bigcatrescue.org/000news/0articlesbybcr/2008DyingToBeHeld.htm

To report anyone violation USDA policies click the links at the bottom of the page called Report to Feds to report them.