REXANO hopes this incident will not be exploited and used to push the ...

As long as animal welfare and public safety laws are followed, the private ownership of all animals should be protected in the USA Miss Hedren is well known for being on the front lines to push for legislation and bans on private exotic animal ownership, while sanctuaries like hers are exempted from the very legislation she is pushing for. via PR-inside.com

[Margaret]

By your logic, the dog pound should be closed down. After all, you and I wouldn't be allowed to own 100 cats and dogs, would we? The preserve is a RESCUE for the animals that have been ABANDONED and/or ABUSED by the very private owners you reference. Shambala does not breed or treat the animals as pets. They care for them and let them live out the rest of their lives in clean, spacious enclosures with the best nutrition and medical care available today. When the breeding and ownership of big cats by private owners IS banned, their dream to one day be able to CLOSE Shambala would be realized because there would be no more unwanted exotic animals with no place to go. That is what the legislation is all about. Get it? It is a non profit organization that requires constant fund raising efforts by Ms. Hedren, her staff and scores of volunteers. If you care about animals, I challenge you to visit shambala.org and make a donation today.

[Tom]

The fact that the attack occurred at all proves that Tippi Hedren does not believe in the human safety that she uses as an excuse to push bans. She is just in it for money and control over people. She has no real concern for the animals or for humans.

Americans are actually very good at keeping animals safely and humanely. Exploiters like Tippi insist on using the very few abusers as sticks to hit good responsible owners with. This alone is a reason why she should have been dismissed as a crank a long time ago. No honest person or organization tells responsible citizens that they should lose "privileges" because of the few who abuse them.