Dances With Bears
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Hello, Bear
A grizzly bear at the Cherokee Bear Zoo accepts food being thrown to them from above. -
A Lovely Liger
Joe Schreibvogel breeds Ligers at his facility, G.W. Exotic Animal Park. This is one of the Ligers he has breed. -
Breeding Program
Alison Eastwood, Donald Schultz and Joe Exotic discuss liger breeding and what Joe's research plan is for alerting the public and entire world on the animal kingdom. -
Animal Park Inhabitant
One of the 1,000 exotic animals at Joe Schreibvogel's facility, G.W. Exotic Animal Park. -
Real Life Liger
A liger living in captivity at Joe Schreibvogel's facility in Wynnewood, Oklahoma. A liger is a product of a lion dad and a tiger mom. Joe Schreibvogel breeds ligers by putting a baby lion and a baby tiger in the same crib so that they grow up together believing they are the same species. -
Running a Sanctuary
Alison Eastwood and Donald Schultz meet Joe Exotic. Joe runs a massive animal sanctuary, with over 1,000 animals, over 150 of them big cats. -
Licking Lion
This is just one of the thousand exotic animals living on Joe Schreibvogel's residence. -
Breeding Theories
Lions and tigers share a cage at Joe Schreibvogel's facility. He plans to breed these animals along with a white tiger to re-create a Saber Tooth tiger hybrid breed. -
Interspecies Enclosures
Lions and tigers share a cage at Joe Schreibvogel's facility. He plans to breed these animals along with a white tiger to re-create a Saber Tooth tiger hybrid breed. -
Rip Roaring
A lion's confrontational roar contains energy in the infrasonic range which is below levels of human hearing. -
Tiger Feeding Time
Tiger being fed at Joe Schreibvogel's facility. -
Looking at Lions
Alison observes the lions in their enclosed cage. -
Standing Tiger
An estimated 5,000 and 7,000 tigers are kept are privately owned throughout the United States - more than exist in the wild. -
Waiting Tiger
A white tiger rests in his cage. This cage is smaller than most, and doesn't offer enough space for this tiger to move around as it should. -
Toothy Tiger
A white tiger shows it's teeth while resting in it's enclosed cage. -
Initial Meeting
Alison Eastwood, Donald Schultz, and Barry Coggins meeting for the first time at his bear facility. -
Enclosure Conversation
Wildlife expert Donald Schulze discusses the enclosure cages at Joe Exotic's home. -
Controversial Questions
Alison Eastwood and Donald Schultz meets with the Chief of the Eastland Band of Cherokees, Michell Hicks to discuss some of the controversy that's been caused by animal rights activists and specifically ask him some questions about what needs to change with the bears and with Barry's Zoo. -
Resting Tiger
One of the many tigers living at Joe Schreibvogel's facility, G.W. Exotic Animal Park. -
Zoo Owners
Alison Eastwood and Donald Schultz sit down with owner Barry Coggins and his wife Collette Coggins to discuss their Cherokee culture and status of their zoo. -
Super Sniffer
A grizzly bear's sense of smell is seven times stronger than that of a blood hound. Their amazing sense of smell may be due to the fact that they have 100 times the surface area or nasal mucosa area within their nose. -
Food Now!
A bear standing by the wall yelling for a treat. -
A Nice Resting Spot
A grizzly bear's sense of smell is seven times stronger than that of a blood hound. Their amazing sense of smell may be due to the fact that they have 100 times the surface area or nasal mucosa area within their nose. -
That's a Big Bear
A large male brown bear can stand over 10 feet tall on his hind legs. -
Bear's Pool Time
A bear laying in the corner. -
Liger and Tiger Love
At Joe Schreibvogel's facility, he has multiple cages with different breeds sharing the space. Pictured here, a liger and a tiger play in their enclosed cage.
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Joe Exotic
Joe Schreibvogel, better know as 'Joe Exotic'. Joe runs a massive animal sanctuary, with over 1000 animals, over 150 of them big cats. Mr. Schreibvogel has been blasted by animal rights groups for recklessly turning his massive wildlife habitat into a breeding ground.
