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

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 .

Jamie, Chelsea, Willow, Jen and Howie at Staff - Committee Meeting

Sharyn, Jeff, Chris and Denny at Staff - Committee Meeting

Denny, Becky, Edith, Gale and Honey at Staff - Committee Meeting

First ever meeting of the Staff and the Volunteer Committee.  We discussed ways to improve our volunteer program, came up with some great ideas, shifted around some job descriptions and will be changing some of our tour offerings to maximize our ability to provide the best services to the cats and the public possible at the least cost to our donors.

Today at Big Cat Rescue Nov 10

The photos of lynx and sand cats below can be purchased in our Big Cat Store

Join us Friday Nov 11:

THE VENUE on 2675 Ulmerton Rd 33762 is graciously helping the Cougar Calendar ladies get the word out about Big Cat Rescue.

November 11th , Friday, at 5:30pm cash bar, Outside Bar (inside if too cold of course!) for Calendar signing.

Animal print, etc are appropriate attire for this wild night.

Moonlight reflection in the lake at the sanctuary

Ops Mgr Gale moves Little Dove to be next to Alex the bobcat

Keepers hope that Little Dove and Alex will come to love each other

Alex lost Windsong and Little Dove lost DesPurrado recently.

Natasha and Willow the Siberian Lynx

Willow the Siberian Lynx

Natasha and Willow the Siberian Lynx

Natasha and Willow the Siberian Lynx

S.A.R.M.O.T.I. the tiger enjoys new sandy den

Pres Jamie Veronica spreads out the new sand in den for tiger

Interns remove last year's Christmas trees in preparation for new

Den is elevated for Little Dove the bobcat so that it is high and dry

Little Dove gets two dens thanks to interns and volunteers

Lynx watch as their dens are stuffed with bedding for winter

Today at Big Cat Rescue Nov 5

Nirvana the ocelot checks out empty coffee cup

Jennifer R Leads a Keeper Tour to Max the Bobcat

Nirvana approves of coffee on a cloudy cool morning

Mr. E the Leopard Cat asks for a cup too

Rambo the Jungle Cat watches for his next group of fans to arrive

Kanawha the Siberian Lynx snoozes away in her cat-a-tat in the woods

Jade and Armani Leopards vie for attention

Little White Dove is the toughest little bobcat I have ever met

Leopard on the prowl

Somebody needs to go on a diet

Skinny little Ace the bobcat is pretty much deaf & blind but gets along well

She is pretty fierce for a cat her age; which is ancient

Little White Dove the bobcat shows off her pearly whites

Matt and Rich pull the feeding carts out to all the happy cats

Feeding tour watches Nik the tiger eating while Simba waits for special treats

Siberian Lynx at Big Cat Rescue

ZEUS Male Siberian Lynx DOB 5/1/97 Arrived at Big Cat Rescue 6/24/97 Zeus arrived at Big Cat Rescue from the same fur farm as Willow. He and Apollo, another fur farm survivor, share a large habitat across from the lake. Although, you would not normally find two adult male Lynxes living together in the wild, in captivity this is actually a form of enrichment. They play together, groom each other, stalk ducks together and even sleep curled up next to each other. They have a habit of puffing air out of their noses when agitated, especially at feeding time. This behavior has earned them the nickname of “The Hufflepuffs.” These two lynx are the least friendly of all the lynx at Big Cat Rescue, although they have been known to warm up to the occasional keeper. Perhaps they are just more bark than bite…

You can help feed me HERE

Big Cat Rescue has already bought out every U.S. fur farm known to us and we would like to do the same with the Canadian ones. We determined, however, that in order to purchase the cats remaining at the known Canadian farm, and build barely adequate caging for them, it would have cost over $95,000. back in 1997.  Since then we have determined that we cannot rescue our way out of this problem and are devoting time and energy to changing laws to protect the animals.

Visit www.CatLaws.com to help.

Willow the Siberian Lynx

WILLOW

Female Siberian Lynx

DOB 5/6/94

Arrived at Big Cat Rescue 6/1/94

Willow (on right) was born at a fur farm in Canada. We had bought all of the kittens the farm had and they were shipped here in crates so small that the kittens could not move. The little wire crates appeared to be full of sticky, smelly gray fur. We opened the crates and pulled out the contents, and found a group of soiled, starving, sick and stressed little kittens. None of them died in transit, which was a astounding, considering the condition in which they had arrived, but sadly several did not survive long after. Willow was always one of the skinniest and willowiest of the group and thus her name. She was raised with Natasha and Alexander, the bobcat hybrid, and still remains one of the friendliest cats here. She shares her large grassy habitat with Natasha. Ironically, they are often seen lying in the sun grooming each other’s beautiful fur coats.

You can help feed me HERE

Big Cat Rescue has already bought out every U.S. fur farm known to us and we would like to do the same with the Canadian ones. We determined, however, that in order to purchase the cats remaining at the known Canadian farm, and build barely adequate caging for them, it would have cost over $95,000. back in 1997.  Since then we have determined that we cannot rescue our way out of this problem and are devoting time and energy to changing laws to protect the animals.  Visit www.CatLaws.com to help.

Siberian Lynx at Big Cat Rescue

NATASHA

Female Siberian Lynx

DOB 5/5/93

Arrived at Big Cat Rescue 9/19/93

Natasha (on left) was rescued, along with 27 other cats, from a fur farm. She cost more than any of the other cats because she is exquisitely beautiful. She has survived poisoning and a very scary seizure in 1996. She was diagnosed with heart worms in 1997 and recovered very slowly. We had never seen heartworms in the exotic cats, and as a result of her infestation have made it a policy to treat all of Big Cat Rescue’s animals with Ivermectin, which is a de-wormer, as a preventative. Natasha shares a Cat-a-tat with Willow, they love each others company and are two of the very first cats seen on our guided tours. One of Natasha’s favorite things to do is chew. She, like most Siberian lynx, have a love for chewing. She will chew just about anything, sticks, pine cones, cardboard tubes, but her favorite of all are pineapple tops. She does not eat these things, but rather tears off tiny pieces of them with her front teeth and then spits it out. She will continue with this until there is nothing left of whatever item fell victim to her chewing. Natasha is lovable and fun-loving and considers no one a stranger.

You can help feed me HERE

Big Cat Rescue has already bought out every U.S. fur farm known to us and we would like to do the same with the Canadian ones. We determined, however, that in order to purchase the cats remaining at the known Canadian farm, and build barely adequate caging for them, it would have cost over $95,000. back in 1997.  Since then we have determined that we cannot rescue our way out of this problem and are devoting time and energy to changing laws to protect the animals.  Visit www.CatLaws.com to help.