Organizations Filed Purposes:
BIG CAT RESCUES MISSION IS TO PROVIDE THE BEST HOME WE CAN FOR THE CATS IN OUR CARE, END ABUSE OF BIG CATS IN CAPTIVITY AND PREVENT EXTINCTION OF BIG CATS IN THE WILD.
CARE FOR BIG CATS - PROVIDED A PERMANENT HOME FOR APPROXIMATELY 53 BIG CATS, MANY OF WHOM HAVE BEEN ABUSED, ABANDONED, ORPHANED OR RETIRED FROM PERFORMING ACTS. CARE INCLUDED FOOD, SHELTER, VETERINARY CARE THROUGH A STATE OF THE ART CAT HOSPITAL, OPERANT CONDITIONING AND CONSISTENT FREQUENT ENRICHMENT ACTIVITIES. SUCCESSFULLY REHABILITIATED 3 ORPHANED OR INJURED FLORIDA BOBCATS AND RELEASED THEM BACK INTO THE WILD.
ADVOCACY - THE SANCTUARY PERFORMED ITS ADVOCACY MISSION BY TEACHING ABOUT THE PLIGHT OF THE BIG CATS IN CAPTIVITY AND IN THE WILD THROUGH GUIDED TOURS OF THE SANCTUARY TO APPROXIMATELY 6,700 VISITORS DURING THE YEAR (VERSUS THE USUAL 30,000 AFTER CLOSING IN MARCH 2020 DUE TO COVID), THROUGH ITS WEBSITE THAT RECEIVED APPROXIMATELY 2,000,000 VISITORS DURING THE YEAR, THROUGH EMAILS NO LESS THAN MONTHLY THAT GO TO OVER 90,000 RECIPIENTS AND THROUGH ITS PRINT NEWSLETTER THAT GOES TO OVER 10,000 RECIPIENTS. OUR YOUTUBE CHANNEL BIGCATTV.COM HAS 1,300,000 SUBSCRIBERS AND OUR VIDEOS THERE HAVE RECEIVED OVER 580,000,000 CUMULATIVE VIEWS. WE HAD OVER 3,600,000 FACEBOOK FOLLOWERS AT YEAR END. WE CONTINUED TO SUCCESSFULLY URGE OWNERS OR OPERATORS OF VENUES NOT TO ALLOW CUB PETTING OR OTHER BIG CAT EXHIBITS ON SITE AND TO URGE ADVERTISERS NOT TO USE BIG CATS IN THEIR TELEVISION, ONLINE AND PRINT ADS. IN ADDITION, IN 2020 THE SANCTUARY INVESTED IN A DIGITAL CAMPAIGN STARTED IN 2019 TO EDUCATE PEOPLE TO DISCOURAGE PARTICIPATING IN CUB PETTING.
IN-SITU GRANTS - WE PROVIDE GRANTS TO NONPROFIT ORGANZIATIONS AND INDIVIDUALS TO SUPPORT IN-SITU CONSERVATION WORK DIRECTLY RELATED TO PRESERVING BIG CATS IN THE WILD. GRANTS RANGING FROM 1,000 TO 21,000 WERE MADE TO 20 IN-SITU CONSERVATION PROJECTS SPANNING 14 SPECIES IN 20 COUNTRIES.
Executives Listed on Filing
Total Salary includes financial earnings, benefits, and all related organization earnings listed on tax filing
| Name | Title | Hours Per Week | Total Salary |
|---|
| Jamie Veronica Murdock | PRESIDENT / | 60 | $72,631 |
| Howard Baskin | SECTY / TREA | 60 | $39,500 |
| Carole Baskin | CEO / FOUNDE | 60 | $35,750 |
| Pamela Rodriguez | DIRECTOR | 1 | $0 |
| Kim Mahoney | VP / DIRECTO | 1 | $0 |
| Lynda Licht | DIRECTOR | 1 | $0 |
| Keith Lawless | DIRECTOR | 1 | $0 |
| Darren Kipnis | DIRECTOR | 1 | $0 |
| Mary Lou Geis | DIRECTOR | 1 | $0 |
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