Dutchess the Tiger - Turpentine Creek, Arkansas, USA

Welcome to Turpentine Creek Wildlife Refuge in the Ozark hills near Eureka Springs, Arkansas, USA, where this camera watches a grass enclosure belonging to Dutchess, one of the refuge's rescued tigers.

This is not a zoo. Every animal here is a survivor of the exotic pet trade, taken in from private owners, roadside attractions or law enforcement seizures, and none of them will be bred, sold or moved on.

Tigers sleep up to eighteen hours a day, so expect long stretches of a cat lying in the sun. Activity tends to pick up in the cooler hours and around feeding.

The refuge covers 459 acres and is home to around 100 animals, including lions, cougars, leopards and bears. Arkansas is five hours behind UTC in summer and six in winter.

Did You Know? The refuge began by accident in 1991, when a breeder on the run from the law turned up at a family's door in Arkansas. She had left 42 lions, tigers and cougars crammed into three cattle trailers on a nearby farm. The family sold everything they owned, bought a ranch in the Ozarks and moved the animals there. That ranch is the place you are watching.

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