Posted in Geoffroy Cats, Rescues, Videos |
NICO
Female Geoffroy Cat
DOB 5/1/93
Rescued 7/19/94
We had been following his story from birth and chased him through his second owner, who sent him along to Big Cat Rescue with three Bengals on 7/19/94. He arrived taped up in a cardboard box. The fury from within the box made opening it a death defying act. As with many exotic cats, the smaller they are, the more fierce they can be. Everyone says that she "looks just like a domestic cat" but careful study of her size and shape shows that she is indeed a wild
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Posted in Big Cat Facts, Geoffroy Cats, Videos |
Geoffroy's Cat
Common Name: Geoffroy’s Cat
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata (Vertebrata)
Class: Mammalia
Order: Carnivora
Family: Felidae
Genus: Felinae (Oncifelis)
Species: geoffroyi
Misc.: Geoffroy’s cats are strong swimmers that regularly enter the water, and have been recorded frequently swimming fast flowing rivers 100 feet wide. Geoffroy’s cats were named after the French naturalist Geoffroy St. Hilaire.
Sub-species:
F.g. geoffroyi
F.g. salinarum (once believed to be a separate species)
F.g. paraguae
F.g.
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Posted in Bobcats, Canadian Lynx, Caracals, Clouded Leopards, Cougars, Fishing Cats, Geoffroy Cats, Jaguar, Jungle Cats, Leopard Cats, Leopards, Lions, Margay, News @ BCR, Ocelot, Pallas Cat, Sand Cats, Servals, Siberian Lynx, Snow Leopards, Tigers, Videos |
Big Cat Attacks and the Big Cat Club
http://youtu.be/7HvGi5apL14
Zabu at 2:56, can you pick out our other big cat stars?
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Posted in Bobcats, Caracals, Geoffroy Cats, Jungle Cats, Leopard Cats, News @ BCR, Ocelot, Sand Cats, Servals, Siberian Lynx, Videos |
2012 Cruel Leg Hold Trapping & Torture of Bobcat
Please speak out for this bobcat by asking that the people involved in his torture be fired and leg hold traps be banned.
Speak out against this here: CatLaws.com
http://youtu.be/qamuMtxkojQ
Big Cat Rescue is home to over a dozen species of cats! Tigers and Lions may be the largest species at the sanctuary but many of our smaller species get the most attention! Say hello to the small cats of Big Cat Rescue, to read more about an individual cat on the video please visit CatBios .
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