How often are wild feline cubs rejected in captivity?

The females are often bred unnaturally soon after birth (in the wild they raise the cubs for 2-3 years before conceiving again). This unnatural repetitive breeding is believed to lead to breast cancer. read more

Whenever one group of cubs outgrows the cutesy stage, they “move” to “Stage two” and magically, another batch of cubs show up with sob stories of how they needed to be “rescued”, all of them at the same time, but from different places. Literally no other big cat group ever manages to “rescue” babies. read more

Big cats in captivity that are bred for private ownership often sadly find themselves facing a variety of horrible fates: abandonment, deplorable living conditions, canned hunts or ending up in the illegal wildlife trade. read more