Read the complete story of Skid as told by Carole in this account archived in 1997.

excerpt:

"Knowing that the kitten had been too deeply imprinted by humans and that this idea of returning animals to the wild is just the activist's way of patting themselves on the back, while the animal is sent out to surely die where no one can see him, we gathered twenty two affidavits from people who had watched the cub's progress, who stated that they did not believe she was a pure Florida Bobcat and therefore the State had no authority to confiscate her. The State agreed and further allowed that she was a hybrid and could be adopted by the person who had originally rescued her."

Now let's compare that to what Carole says here.

"Owner Ginny Fine says that Barbara Roe, owner of Bitterroot Bobcat and Lynx of North Stevensville, Montana, told her the animal she purchased three years ago is a hybrid feline, not a purebred bobcat. But that claim is being challenged by Carole Baskin, founder of Big Cat Rescue in Tampa, Fla. “There is no such thing as a hybrid bobcat. There has never been a documented case of a hybrid bobcat anywhere,” Baskin said.

So Carole manipulated 22 people to sign affidavits saying the bobcat was probably a hybrid and now claims there is no such thing as a hybrid bobcat! When she wanted Skid she was a hybrid and when she wanted Rocky, there was no such thing? And "this idea of returning animals to the wild is just the activist's way of patting themselves on the back"....isn't that not EXACTLY what Carole does? She even goes so far as to torture and kill live domestic bunnies in her misguided efforts to 'train' bobcats to hunt and be released to the wild. Does the word hypocrite come to mind?

The Evolving Stories

Wildlife on Easy Street 1997

"A female Bobcat born April 12, 1995 had a miraculous and heartbreaking start. On a dark night on an unlit Highway 54 a very pregnant Bobcat crossed the road and was struck by a car. The driver being a caring human being immediately pulled over and went to assist the cat. Seeing that she was conscious, but with a broken leg, he pulled his car behind her to detour traffic and called 911 for assistance in moving her. A truck swerved around him yelling obscenities and aimed directly for the injured cat, bursting her open with the impact. The first driver ran to her side to find her four kittens still unborn, but now exposed to the dark sky.

Assisted by veterinarian, Jerry Reed (JR.) only one kitten was pulled from the womb alive. She survived the night and appeared on the evening news the following day. We saw the story and called the vet to aid him rearing the premature infant and gave him our experience and credentials. We fed her every three hours around the clock until she was weaned. About six weeks into the process, the State of Florida (based on repeated complaints by Vernon Yates) came to us and said that the kit had to be returned to the wild and would have to go to a rehabilitator's facility (i.e. Yates) to be taught to distrust humans and feed for herself. Knowing that the kitten had been too deeply imprinted by humans and that this idea of returning animals to the wild is just the activist's way of patting themselves on the back, while the animal is sent out to surely die where no one can see him, we gathered twenty two affidavits from people who had watched the cub's progress, who stated that they did not believe she was a pure Florida Bobcat and therefore the State had no authority to confiscate her. The State agreed and further allowed that she was a hybrid and could be adopted by the person who had originally rescued her."