Best known for his Vine account BigCatDerek, he had accumulated more than 1.1 million followers. He posts original, educational, entertaining, and engaging content while serving as the Operations Director of the Center for Animal Research and Education. As a huge fan of Tigger from Winnie the Pooh and the comic strip Calvin and Hobbes, he realized that the tiger was his favorite animal. This led to him stumbling onto a non-profit sanctuary for big cats and becoming a volunteer there.
