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Karl Mitchell
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One of the most unique tourist destinations in Pahrump is the Big Cat Encounters Ranch. Located in south Pahrump on five acres ... Read more
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| NickName: | BigCatEncounters |
| First Name: | Karl |
| Last Name: | Mitchell |
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| Headline: | Big Cat Encounters |
| Description: | Experience a Once in a Lifetime, One on One personal encounter with one of the planets most powerful, precious, and dangerous species. A once in a lifetime, edutainment experience. Parties Welcome. Make your next event more memorable with a Bengal Tiger! Karl Mitchell's ranch in Pahrump, Nevada resembles a zoo where he keeps an enormous assortment of tigers and lions, a kangaroo, and a goose, along with his four dogs. Almost all of them have been featured in movies, films, and fashion magazines. Karl works with Universal Studios in Los Angeles. When a producer calls and needs a paricular animal for a commercial or movie, he fills the spot. Currently, the ranch has fourteen adult tigers, two baby tigers, two adult lions, a camel, a goose, a kangaroo, and ten rescued stray dogs. Visitors can pet the tigers and romp with the baby tigers, who are as playful as kittens. The Ranch also offers a "Swim with the Tiger" program and a unique "Big Cat Educational Program". Karl Mitchell, owner and operator of Big Cat Encounters Ranch, started in the animal world 25 years ago when he trained his house cat to ride on his motorcycle with him. A veteran animal trainer was impressed and invited Karl to help him in his business. Eventually Mitchell became a sort of animal guru, able to train animals ranging from bears to camels. His real passion has become the big cats of Africa and tigers from India. Mitchell is dedicated to the preservation of rare animals. "The tigers are much more rare than the lions," he says," though they are more difficult animal to work with since they are lone individualists, not family- oriented like lions." Tigers are also bigger. A mature lion can weigh 500 pounds, but a full-grown Bengal tiger can tip the scales at 700 pounds. Mitchell does not believe in surrounding his tigers and lions with concrete. His animals are often roaming the fenced-in ranch, and are leashed only when visitors arrive. He trains the animals using love and positive reinforcement, techniques he learned from the trainers he was apprenticed to in Hollywood. He has worked on numerous television shows including Barretta and Emergency. His trained lions and tigers have appeared in many movies, television shows and in photo layouts in such prominent magazines such as Vogue and Elle. Las Vegas convention delegates sometimes see the animals making appearances at various conventions and trade shows on the Strip. The Ranch is often used as a location for international magazine and rock video shoots. Show business is one thing but Karl Mitchell's long-range goal is to take some of his Nevada-born tigers back to India. "There are 23 wildwife sanctuaries in India cooperating with Project Tiger, a program with the express goal of repopulating these areas with tigers to make up for those illegally poached before there were parks established," says Mitchell. "I'm contacting them to see what their needs are so that enventually one of my tigers can grow up in what should be his native land." The Big Cat Encounters Ranch offers bus parking, and can accommodate up to 18 visitors at a time. Photographs are permitted and many visitors to the Ranch treasure their memories of meeting big cats face to face. Many choose to send donations to Mitchell's non-profit organization in the hopes that he will succeed in his dreams to someday bring a born-in-Pahrump big cat back to India. |
| Company Internet Objectives: | Reach companies interested in Education and Entertainment. Reach Tour operators. Reach Travelers |
| Link Trade: | Yes |
| City: | Pahrump |
| Country: | United States |
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| Job Title: | Animal Trainer |
| Company Name: | Big Cat Encounters |
| Company City: | Pahrump |
| Company State: | NV |
| Company Country: | USA |
| industry: | Hospitality |
| Industry Served: | Hospitality |
| Company Web Site: | http://www.bigcatencounters.org |
| BizWiz EZ Commerce Site: | http://www.bizwiz.com/ezcommerce/bigcatencounters.htm |
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