Apr
27

Goodbye Circus Life!

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On Good Fri­day, 2010, Noah’s Ark became home to three beau­ti­ful female tigers. These striped beau­ties had been part of a trav­el­ing cir­cus, used to per­form­ing twice a day in between trav­el­ing from town to town. We received a call ear­lier that week from the owner. He decided to sur­ren­der the tigers and learned of Noah’s Ark’s stel­lar rep­u­ta­tion. Staff went to see the tigers, the proper arrange­ments were made, and Shal­i­mar, Suki and Sheila arrived very late Fri­day night. These girls are only five years old — just reach­ing matu­rity.  They cur­rently reside in their orig­i­nal enclo­sure — the trav­el­ing cir­cus cage and small per­for­mance “arena.” This is their com­fort zone, and they are being accli­mated into a larger habi­tat. Once fund­ing becomes avail­able, this habi­tat will be fur­ther enlarged to include access to the creek that flows nearby (tigers love water!). They are now in their for­ever home — no more trav­el­ing, no more per­form­ing. They get to live as nat­u­rally as pos­si­ble for the rest of their lives here at Noah’s Ark.

Categories : Big Cats, Tiger
  • angie

    Great News ..Hope the girls love there new home !!

  • pavloveia

    That’s won­der­ful! Thank you, Noah’s Ark!

  • clm1950

    Who was their owner and hows long has it been since they per­formed in a cir­cus? It’s won­der­ful that they can retire now. How long will it be before they have more space?

  • SL

    That’s great! So happy for these tigers! Noah’s Ark is such a great place! Thank you for ALL you do!

  • Diane

    They belonged to a small trav­el­ing cir­cus, and they stopped per­form­ing the day they came here — on Good Fri­day. We expect to release them into their larger habi­tat in the next few weeks. We have to make adjust­ments slowly, as they are used to a very small area and we have to stay within their com­fort zone.

  • deb­biemole

    Won­der­ful, mov­ing news — well done to every­one and thanks to the own­ers who realised these beau­ti­ful cats needed a dif­fer­ent life. It’s inspir­ing — the mes­sage should be sent around, sadly in Aus­tralia we still have ani­mals being forced to per­form in a circus.

  • cather­ine­todd

    What was the lit­tle white fur­ball the tiger was cud­dling in the photo on the first page? Really sweet… never saw some­thing like this before!

  • Diane

    She’s cud­dling one of the enrich­ment balls — we put toys in with the girls as soon as they arrived, and they seem to love them!

  • DR.Barkley

    have there ever been a inci­dent where a vis­tor got­ten bit­ten from any of the ani­mals, have there ever been a emer­gency in that mat­ter at the arc

  • Dsmith

    Vis­i­tors do not have access to any of the exotic ani­mals. All ani­mals such as tigers, lions, bears, etc. are behind two fences, the inner one with elec­tric wire run­ning through­out. We’ve never had an animal/visitor emer­gency at Noah’s Ark.

  • Dsmith

    Vis­i­tors do not have access to any of the exotic ani­mals. All ani­mals such as tigers, lions, bears, etc. are behind two fences, the inner one with elec­tric wire run­ning through­out. We’ve never had an animal/visitor emer­gency at Noah’s Ark.

  • sil­via

    ONE FOR ALL .….….…. WHEN I WENT TO SEE DUMBO AT THE THEATER I WAS CRYING SO MUCH THAT MY MOM HAD TO TAKE ME AWAY .….….….. WHEN I WAS BACK HOME DURING SUMMERTIME I VOLUNTEERED IN A REHABILITATION CENTER FOR ANIMALS AND EVERYDAY I SPENT A LITTLE MORE TIME WITH LUCY, A MONKEY COMING FROM A CIRCUS WHERE THE OWNER ALWAYS KEPT HER IN A SMALL CAGE A HER SKIN HAD NEVER BEEN UNDER THE REAL LIGHT. BESIDES VETERINARY HELP, SHE NEEDED LOVE, FRIENDSHIP. WE SET DOWN HOLD OUR HANDS, I TALK TO HER AND SHE TALK TO ME WITH SOME UH, UH, UH .…. SHE GAVE SOME GREAT PRESENTS, FLOWERS, A PIECE O RED PLASTIC .…! AFTER WHAT SHE HAD BEEN THROUGH SHE WAS ABLE TO GIVE ME SO SO MUCH! MUCH … OH HOW MUCH I MISS HER!

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  • Aunt_connie2003

    God bless all of you for the work you do for “All crea­tures great and small”.

  • Mike d

    Great story ! I can’t wait to see them

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