I’m thankful to live in paradise. Each morning I awake to the sight of Rocky Creek gently winding its way, past my house and out to the sea. It reminds me of the cycle of life and the rhythm of nature. I am grateful that today the sky is blue and I can ride my bike to work as that is my time to listen to podcasts and learn about things I need to know without detracting from the things I need to do, since I need the exercise. I appreciate people who share their expertise online so that no matter what the issue; like yesterday not being able to access voice mail on a new iPhone, someone has put detailed instructions on how to do it. Did I mention how thankful I am for such a bright and capable husband? Professor Jones, I was a law review graduate from U of M law school in 1980 back in the Soia Mentshikoff days. I went on to Harvard Business School and never practiced law, although the law school education has been extremely useful in my career. For the last 13 years I have co-managed with my wife, the Founder, a nonprofit in Tampa devoted to rescuing and providing a home for abandoned and abused big cats (tigers, lions, bobcats etc.) and working to end their abuse by changing the laws and regulations. Florida has a very unique situation in terms of laws in this area because the Florida Fish and Wildlife Commission was established by amendments to the Florida Constitution and separately has a statute granting certain powers. Without all the detail, the Commission takes the position that certain of their powers come from the Constitution, not from the Statute. I read through the cases they rely on and felt their self serving position was incorrect, i.e. that the cases cited did not support their argument and in fact the opposite was true. I took my analysis to a very good law firm here. They agreed with my analysis. My next step is to run this by one or more experts in Constitutional Law. I realize that Constitutional Law most commonly probably refers to the US Constitution, but I am thinking that the same principles would apply. If I were to come down to Miami at your convenience, would you be willing to do me the kindness of an hour of your time to lay out this situation, which if nothing else I think you will find intellectually interesting, and discuss whether you would have an interest in assisting me in this matter? The outcome could potentially stop the mistreatment of thousands of big cats in captivity in Florida. Thanks for any consideration you are able to give to this request. Howard Baskin Advisory Board Chairman Big Cat Rescue 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. You can help feed the cats at no cost to you using Amazon Smile! Visit BigCatRescue.org/Amazon-smile You can see photos, videos and more, updated daily at BigCatRescue.org Check out our main channel at YouTube.com/BigCatRescue 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