Rescue Tails FAQs
What is the Rescue Tails Campaign about?
What is the goal?
What will this project cost?
What is the expected completion date for the facility?
How big is the facility?
How long will this campaign run?
Why do you need to buid a quarantine facility?
Why do you need a staff veterinarian?
Where would these rescues come from?
Why do these animals need out help?
What did you do before you had a quarantine facility?
How can I help?
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What is this about?
This project is a campaign to raise money to build a quarantine facility and hire a part time staff veterinarian.
What is the goal?
CPT wants to open its doors once again to rescue tigers, leopards, and other animals in the order Carnivora.
What will this project cost?
The total project will cost approximately $85,000, with $58,000 for the facility and $27,000 for the veterinarian and initial supplies.
What is the expected completion date of the facility?
We expect to complete the project by August 15, 2006 (weather permitting).
How big is the facility?
The quarantine facility will hold up to four animals at one time. Two runs will be equipped to contain jaguars, the strongest animals CPT would rescue. The building will be temperature controlled and the entire facility will be environmentally isolated, ensuring the health and safety of CPT’s other animals. Here are the blueprints.
How long will this campaign run?
We publicly began this campaign on May 9, 2006, and it will continue until we have secured the campaign goal of $85,000.
Why do you need to build a quarantine facility?
This facility will serve two primary purposes; to segregate animals who are sick or injured from other animals in their habitat or the rest of CPT’s population; and to isolate new animals we are rescuing until their health status has been determined and/or has improved.
Why do you need a staff veterinarian?
The staff veterinarian is available 24/7 by being on call when not on site, ensuring rapid emergency care when needed. The staff vet plays a part in the Escape Protocol for Large and Dangerous Animals, and is a member of the Dart Team, including medical follow up after an escape and/or darting. The staff vet establishes and oversees protocols for new arrivals, performs the necessary tests to determine the health status of new arrivals, performs any interventions necessary to rehabilitate the animals and prepare them for permanent residence at CPT, and monitors any quarantined animals very closely.
It is through the staff vet that CPT maintains a DEA license and is able to order drugs. The staff vet is also responsible for annual examinations, medication management, and routine, preventative care. This role is best met by someone who has established a personal relationship over time with each animal, so that changes in health and/or behavior are evident and the animal is not distressed any more than necessary during exams and interventions.
Where would these rescues come from?
Exotic cats (and the other species we would rescue) are usually confiscated from owners or facilities due to unsafe or inhumane treatment, or abandoned by owners who cannot feed, safely house, or otherwise properly care for the animal. Many times an owner comes to realize that the cat will get much larger than they realized and are much harder to handle and much more dangerous than expected. Both of these conditions are fueled by the pet trade and the lack of meaningful and consistent regulation at the local, state, and national levels.
Why do these animals need our help?
According to The Association of Sanctuaries (TAOS), “In the United States, the growing number of displaced animals results from an exotic animal market fueled by legal and illegal importers, trappers, breeders, dealers, zoos, pet stores, and the public itself. The result is a surplus of animals who have no place to go.” The few sanctuaries that exist are usually filled to capacity. Animals that do not find a home end up in canned hunts, roadside zoos/circuses, and other undesirable places, shot during an escape or attack, or otherwise euthanized.
Every year, reputable animal sanctuaries are forced to turn away countless animals, knowing the alternative will be death. There are few sanctuaries in the United States who can offer these displaced animals real help, and a very few of those have a mission to rescue tigers and the other species that have found a life-long home with CPT.
What did you do before you had a quarantine facility?
Until now, new animals were isolated in enclosures well away from the rest of the animals. These enclosures were not the professionally contained environment that CPT is now preparing to build. When we rescued Rajah and Kaela tiger cubs last year, the NC Zoo assisted us by providing quarantine at their site. While an exception was made in that case, quarantine by definition is ideally done when animals come onto the property from any other site.
How can I help?
Get involved. Learn about wild and exotic animals and why they are dangerous as pets. Find out what the laws and regulations are in your state and county. Volunteer at CPT. Support the Rescue Tails campaign financially.
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