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Tippi Hedren
During the 1960s, Tippi Hedren became one of the
most famous stars in Hollywood. Tippi began her
career as a fashion model. This led her to appear in some TV advertisements,
including a fateful appearance in an advert for a diet drink. World famous
director Alfred Hitchcock spotted Tippi in the
advert; he picked her to star in one of his most famous films ‘The
Birds’. When the film came out, Tippi was a hit with
the public and the critics.
In 1972, Tippi was finishing a film made on location in Africa. She
learnt that the big cats featured in the film had nowhere to go. The situation
distressed Tippi and she desperately wanted to help
these animals. Tippi decided to take a time out from
the glamourous world. She wanted to set up an
eighty-acre wildlife habitat called Shambala for
retired and unwanted big cats. This territory was located at the edge of the
Mojave Desert, 64 kilometres northeast of Los
Angeles, California.
Shambala is not
just a temporary shelter; the sanctuary provides a home for over 70 big cats
including lions, tigers, cougars, black and spotted leopards, panthers,
bobcats, and a jungle cat. Some of the rescued cats had suffered neglect and
mistreatment in roadside zoos and circus shows. But most came from the homes of
private citizens who realized they had purchased an animal they couldn’t keep.
The public can enjoy
occasional safari visits to Shambala and even ‘adopt
a wild one’. They can visit it at the reserve a few times each year. Tippi hopes that one day sanctuaries like Shambala won’t be necessary. But for now, her work to
protect these beautiful creatures goes on.
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