She believes that she has found her calling by providing homes for all of these beautiful rescued animals. (Subject to change due to any unforeseen circumstance. She is the mother to actress Melanie Griffith and is the President of the Roar Foundation, the group that funds Shambala. All Safari visitors to the Shambala Preserve must be 18 years or older, no exceptions. Tippi Hedren has done many legendary films and she is the star of Alfred Hitchcock’s The Birds.

The foundation supports more stringent legislation to protect these animals from cruel and unfair treatment. Large numbers of dangerous animals are bred and sold for illegal purposes in the United States. Shambala is home to over 50 rescued big cats: lions, tigers, cougars, black and spotted leopards, bobcats, and Asian leopard cats, who live out their lives at Shambala. The mission is to educate the public about the dangers of private ownership of exotic animals. Based on his work on Roar, Bill was asked to freelance as staff photographer for the preserve and has retained that position to the present day. Thriller was also there, but hiding in the hut. Following that five-year project, Tippi Hedren founded the Roar Foundation, which funded the Shambala Preserve, a sanctuary for abused and unwanted big cats. The Roar Foundation, was founded by actress Tippi Hedren in 1983 to support the exotic felines at the Shambala Preserve in Acton, California. This is Sabu, one of the two tigers that came from Michael Jacksons Neverland Ranch.

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