Loki

Here's Loki doing patrol. He's well alert and always notices whatever is going on around him and Tundra's habitat. Just afew hours after I took this picture from the site's webcam, they were moved to temporary housing so the owner could re-Sod their habitat and makes some improvements. The tigers will be out of cam sight for afew weeks, giving the new sod time to take root.

Princess

Sanctuary resident, lioness Princess sits below her deck. She usually sits at the top, but has to be satisfied on the bottom one temporarily while clean up continues from Hurricane Katrina. Please visit the website for more photos of the damage and also to see live web cams of many of the resident animals which include the 2 resident white tigers, Loki & Tundra, African Lion & lioness, King & Princess and many more.
www.tigerhomes. org

Ring-Tail Lemurs

Two of the sanctuary resident Ring-Tail Lemurs, plus baby lemur, watching the clean up and wondering what's going on.

This pic and the ones below were taken by Alex, administrator for the Tigerhomes website. I would like to thank him for allowing me to post these on my blog.

Lemur Habitat Damage

The Tigerhomes Sanctuary is also home to many Lemurs and one of the habitats will have to be restructured. You can visit their website for more information and they have many more photos of the damage from Katrina on their site. Please take time to look throughout the site and find a place in your heart to help these guys out. You will find an address posted on the site to send any donations. WWW.Tigerhomes.org

Damage to lookout Tower

The grounds lookout tower sustained major damage. This tower was mainly used for observation of the grounds and to monitor approaching storms. You can see what it will take to repair this.

King and Princess

Sanctuary residents, African Lions (& Lioness), King and Princess look at the damage to their existing home.

More damage

The sanctuary lost alot of trees that had been there for years and were even able to withstand the winds of Hurricane Andrew afew years back. They did not survive the winds of Katrina.

TigerHomes Sanctuary Damage

I'm sure by now you all know about the devastion and death that has occured from the recent Hurricane Katrina. These people in New Orleans and parts of Mississippi will take years to recover and rebuild. It was total devastation and our prayers and thoughts go out to you all. These places have donations coming in from all over the world and will be also getting federal disaster aid. I would like to tell you about one place that will not be getting that kind of help but so desperately needs our help. The TigerHomes Sanctuary that is located in South Florida was hit very hard and their grounds were majorly hit. Hundreds of trees down, habitats damaged and one or two that will have to be totally rebuilt. They are privately run and rely heavily on donations from people like me and you and they really need our help now. These guys have been around animals all their life and put these animals needs above their own. They have dedicated their life towards conserving and educating the generations of tomorrow on how important it is to preserve wild life. I will post afew of the pictures here, but please check out their website for more information and you can read more about the damage left from Hurricane Katrina. Their website is located at www.tigerhomes.org