How To Start A Sanctuary

This is a sanctuary in a box section that talks about all of the aspects of running a sanctuary.

Feed Cats

Feed Cats

Big Cat Rescue’s Feeding Protocol WHAT BIG CAT RESCUE FEEDS Big Cat Rescue feeds our 500 pounds of food per day and we use Triple A Brand Meat Company because it is the best and the cats LOVE it. Feline Complete Diet: Beef muscle meat, KanTech Feline Complete vitamin/mineral premix. Packaged in three 10 pound frozen bags…

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Cat Care

Cat Care

Big Cat Care   Big Cat Rescue has evolved since its inception in 1992. By 1997 we had seen enough of the abuse and abandonment caused by the pet trade that we had previously engaged in to know that there was no reason to breed exotic animals for lives in cages. As a result we…

Escapes

Escapes

Animal Escape Protocol In the event of a dangerous animal escape, the immediate goals are 1.) Insure public safety, 2.) Insure staff safety, 3.) Insure animal safety and 4.) Recapture the animal. All four goals should be accomplished simultaneously.  It is of utmost importance that everyone involved in the recapture remain calm and not try…

Document Retention

Document Retention

DOCUMENT RETENTION AND DESTRUCTION POLICY   In accordance with the Sarbanes-Oxley Act, which makes it a crime to alter, cover up, falsify, or destroy any document with the intent of impeding or obstructing any official proceeding, this policy provides for the systematic review, retention and destruction of documents received or created by Big Cat Rescue…

Restraint

RESTRAINT The most common need for restraint is when vaccinating a big cat.  Here are a few ways to deal with vaccines that can also be used for sedating a big cat. You will find many times when it is necessary to pick up and restrain an exotic cat, and hopefully, you will have started…

Animal Health

Animal Health

BIG CAT RESCUE’S ANIMAL HEALTH PROTOCOL In brief, this is how we insure the good animal health of our many exotic cats. When the Keepers clean, if they do not find poop, the cat goes on the ‘check again’ chart. Then a second team goes around and searches for their poop. If none is found…

Volunteer Management

Volunteer Management

Volunteer Management Big Cat Rescue had 89 volunteers at the end of 2014 who clocked in 40,547 man-power hours, in addition to 54 interns who clocked 32,400 man-power hours, plus 4,793 Volunteer Committee member hours. In total this amounted to 77,740 man-power hours provided roughly the equivalent workforce of 37 more full time staff.  Between paid…