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Article: Big cats are cradled in an Arkansas refuge
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- The Record (Bergen County, NJ)
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- October 9, 2005
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LARRY BLEIBERG, The Dallas Morning News
The Record (Bergen County, NJ)
10-09-2005
Big cats are cradled in an Arkansas refuge
By LARRY BLEIBERG, The Dallas Morning News
Date: 10-09-2005, Sunday
Section: TRAVEL
Edtion: All Editions
As I move closer, a lion looks at me and growls. The message: She's the hunter. I'm the hunted.
It's well after midnight, when I peer out the window of my room. As I suspected, I'm not the only one up.
On the other side of the barred glass, Loretta, a white Bengal tiger, is pacing her cage. If she notices me, she doesn't let on.
But as I lie in bed, I find it hard not to think about the carnivore just a few feet away. And the dozens of others surrounding me.
More than 100 ...