CATS AT THE CENTER. >> HI, I'M FROM THE EXOTIC
FELINE RESCUE CENTER.
TONIGHT JOE GOES WILD.
>> HERE WE ARE, ANOTHER JOE GOES, THIS TIME IN CENTER POINT,
INDIANA, AT THE EXOTIC FELINE
RESCUE CENTER.
RESCUE CENTER. JOE, YOU HAVE BEEN DOING THIS,
FOR, WHAT 22 YEARS?
NEW 22 YEARS THIS MONTH.
>> THAT'S AMAZING.
CAN YOU GIVE US A LITTLE BIT OF
SCOPE OF ALL WHAT'S HERE?
>> WE ARE THE HOME TO 230 BIG
CATS.
CATS. WE HAVE ABOUT 140 TIGERS.
WE HAVE 30 OR 40 AFRICAN LIONS.
WE HAVE LEOPARDS, COUGARS, NINE
DIFFERENT SPECIES.
DIFFERENT SPECIES. THEY HAVE COME HERE FROM ALL
OVER THE UNITED STATES.
A LOT OF THESE ANIMALS HAVE BEEN
SEIZED BY GOVERNMENT AGENCIES.
THEY HAVE COME FROM DISMAL BACK
GROUNDS.
GROUNDS. THESE ANIMALS HAVE BEEN
MISTREATED, MALNOURISHED, LOCKED
UP, BEATEN, NOT PROVIDED
VETERINARY CARE.
VETERINARY CARE. AND WHEN WE TAKE THEM IN, WE
MAKE A COMMITMENT TO PROVIDE
THEM A HOME AND QUALITY CARE FOR
THE REST OF THEIR LIVES.
>> WOW, AMAZING.
WE'RE HERE TODAY BECAUSE WE KNOW
THAT IT'S GOING TO TAKE A LOT OF
WORK TO TAKE CARE OF ALL OF
THESE ANIMALS, ESPECIALLY TO
FEED THEM.
FEED THEM. I WAS WONDERING IF YOU COULD
TELL US A LITTLE BIT ABOUT WHAT
IT TAKES TO FEED ALL THESE BIG
CATS.
>> WE SEE EVERY DAY BETWEEN THREE AND 4,000 POUNDS OF MEAT,
WHICH IS PROCESSED HERE, CUT UP
INTO EDIBLE PIECES FOR THESE
GUYS, PUT OUT EVERY DAY, AND
THEN THE NEXT DAY WE'LL COME
BACK AROUND AND WE'LL TAKE OUT
BETWEEN FIVE AND 800 POUNDS OF
BONE.
BONE. SO DO WE WANT TO GO PULL SOME
BONES AND TAKE SOME FOOD IN.
>> I SAY LET'S GIVE IT A TRY.
>> LET'S GO GIVE IT A TRY.
>> OKAY.
SO WE'RE HERE. BUT BEFORE WE FEED, WE HAVE TO
CLEAN.
CLEAN. >> BEFORE WE FEED, WE HAVE TO GO
IN AND TAKE OUT THE OLD BONES.
>> OKAY.
SO LOOKING FOR ANY OLD BONES. >> WE ARE.
>> IS THIS SOME HERE?
>> THAT IS A BONE.
YES, YOU CAN PICK THAT UP.
>> ALL RIGHT.
THAT IS NOT WHAT WE'RE LOOKING
FOR, HOWEVER.
FOR, HOWEVER. WE'RE LOOKING FOR GREAT BIG
BONES.
BONES. HERE WE GO.
>> OH, BOY.
>> OKAY.
>> OKAY. I'LL TAKE THE LITTLE ONES, YOU
CAN TAKE THE BIG ONES.
>> SOUNDS GOOD.
IS THIS FROM A HORSE --
>> THAT'S A COW.
>> COW?
THIS IS YESTERDAY'S LUNCH. AND NOW HERE'S TODAY.
>> AND THIS IS TODAY'S.
>> OH, BOY.
>> HERE WE GO.
>> WOW.
>> WOW. OH, BOY, THEY'RE GOING TO BE
HAPPY.
HAPPY. >> LET ME GET ON THIS SIDE.
YOU GUYS READY FOR DINNER?
ARE YOU?
ARE YOU? >> SO THIS ONE WILL FEED ALL
THREE OF THEM IN.
>> THIS WILL FEED ALL THREE OF
THEM.
THEM. THEY'LL HAVE IT TO CHEW ON ALL
NIGHT, AND THEN TOMORROW WHAT
COMES OUT OF HERE WILL BE
SOMETHING SIMILAR TO WHAT --
>> WHAT WE JUST PICKED UP?
SO THIS IS A TYPICAL DIN CENTER.
>> THIS IS A TYPICAL DINNER.
>> ALL RIGHT.
THERE THEY GO.
OH, THERE'S A FEW OF THEM.
I'M JOE HREN.
THIS IS "JOE GOES," AND I
SURVIVED THE WILD.