I am thankful to Mark Zuckerberg and Facebook and Great Non Profits 

for giving me a way to empower our 2.2 million FB fans.  People ask us all the time if they can do some sort of fundraiser for us, but there are few options that insure the money actually gets to us and the cats.  FB is launching a Fundraiser feature today whereby anyone can set up and promote a fundraiser, and the charity is picked from a list of approved ones, so that the money goes directly where it is intended.

 

I appreciate that Facebook also recently approved us for a Donate feature.  We used to have a Donate Now button that went to our own Salsa donate page, which is new, as of this year too, but the problem is that people don’t want to leave FB for even a second.  This new Donate feature will cost us 5% (3 for cc processing and 2 to FB) but I think it will mean more donations.  We get about 100 clicks a week on the button, but I have no way to know how many drop out.  The new Donate feature can also be put on posts, so that every post can be an ask, if we want, instead of just a button at the top of our page.

 

I am grateful to our USDA inspectors for speaking out against cub swimming in the Dade City’s Wild Things trial.  It’s a 4 day trial of Kathy Sterns and her son Randy for their abuse of tiger cubs.  Two of the people who had been there and hated what they saw had contacted us years ago and we showed them how to file a complaint.  It’s finally going to trial and both of them came to testify, as did Dr. Luis Navarro, Dr. Laurie Gage, Dr. Doyle, and Dr. Gaj.  In her favor Vernon Yates and their shared vet, Dr. Don Woodman came to mostly complain about me, according to Jenni James. She said the judge said that I am not the one on trial and to knock it off.

 

I’m also thankful that after 140 years of animal abuse, the Buenos Aires Zoo has seen the light and closed.  Their stated reason is that people are changing the way they view animals and it is time to evolve.  Another big thing to be thankful of is that Master Card, after only one day of deliberation, decided to stop promoting swim with dolphins as a reward for using their card based on public outcry caused by PeTA.

 

Hi, I’m Carole Baskin and I’ve been writing my story since I was able to write, but when the media goes to share it, they only choose the parts that fit their idea of what will generate views.  If I'm going to share my story, it should be the whole story.  The titles are the dates things happened. If you have any interest in who I really am please start at the beginning of this playlist: http://savethecats.org/

 

I know there will be people who take things out of context and try to use them to validate their own misconception, but you have access to the whole story.  My hope is that others will recognize themselves in my words and have the strength to do what is right for themselves and our shared planet.  

 

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Music (if any) from Epidemic Sound (http://www.epidemicsound.com) This video is for entertainment purposes only and is my opinion.  Closing graphic with permission from https://youtu.be/F_AtgWMfwrk