East Coast Exotic Animal Rescue

We are a non-profit organization in the Appalachian foothills near Fairfield, Pennsylvania.

This unique sanctuary is home to more than 40 species of exotic animals.  For all of them, the rescue provides a lasting refuge where they can live their days in peace and safety.

The survival rate among animals who are trapped, transported, and sold in pet stores is terribly low.  In many cases, only one out of ten "pets" survives the trip from jungle to human home.  We humans have the ability to make choices, a power that the animals we serve do not have.  Their choices were made for them, usually at the animals' expense.

STORY OF KAT

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BENGAL TIGERS

Katrina ("Kat") was a Bengal Tiger who started out as a high school mascot 24 years ago. She was a survivor! She outlived her captive life expectancy of 16-18 years, even though most of her years were lived in a basement. We hope she enjoyed her remaining time here, living in the warmth of the sun and fresh breezes of the surrounding mountains. Kat was one of the main reasons for the rescue. Kat passed away December of 2006 at the age of 22 years old.

The Bengal Tiger is found in tropical jungles, marshlands and tall grasslands of India, Nepal, Bangladesh, Bhutan and Burma. It is the largest of the big cats and is strong enough to bring down wild cattle weighing up to one ton.

Males can reach 11 feet in length, females eight feet, and they can leap up to 30 feet in a single bound, climb trees and swim well.

Just as no two snowflakes are alike, so does each tiger have a unique pattern of stripes.

This elegant creature has been hunted to near extinction for its bones, which are powdered and used in Eastern medicines, for it's gorgeous pelt, and as a "trophy" for its hunter's wall. Over the last century, three of the eight tiger sub-species have been hunted and poached into extinction, with the remaining five on the brink of the same fate. Even now, China breeds tigers in captivity for tiger parts for medicines.

In the wild, habitat conservation and the creation of large reserves may be the only way to save them.