serval

Serval Facts

Serval   Common Name: ServalKingdom: AnimaliaPhylum: Chordata (Vertebrata)Class: MammaliaOrder: CarnivoraFamily: FelidaeGenus: Felinae (Leptailurus)Species: Serval (L.s. constantina)Barbary Serval thought to now be Extinct Misc: The name Serval is derived from a Portuguese word meaning “wolf-deer.” Size and Appearance: Often referred to as the cat of spare parts, this unusual, but beautiful cat is among the feline…

Desiree

Des (FKA Desiree) Male ServalDOB unknownRescued  10/11/2009 Died June 26, 2023 Serval Rescue! An African Serval was limping along in the Arizona desert until he collapsed alongside a road. He had almost completely given up the will to live. He was probably a pet or perhaps used in the hybrid breeding scheme that has become all…

Nala
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Nala

Female servalDOB appx 1/1/10Rescued 1/5/13 Moved to Turpentine Creek Wildlife Refuge on December 29, 2023 A man called on Dec. 13 and I called him back the same day and told him we would take his father’s serval if he would contract to never own another exotic cat. On the first call he said that…

Zucari
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Zucari

Male serval DOB 7/2/2015Arrived 6/6/2017 Moved to Turpentine Creek Wildlife Refuge on December 29, 2023 Zucari is a serval who was born in 2015 and came to Big Cat Rescue in 2017.  Zucari’s former owner has refused to reveal who she bought him or Chaos the caracal from.  Since it was illegal to have the…

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Illithia

Female servalBorn 4/25/16 Arrived to Big Cat Rescue May 25, 2019 Moved to Turpentine Creek Wildlife Refuge on December 29, 2023 Illithia was declawed on all four paws before 12 weeks by her breeder in Missouri, and later spayed by her FL owner.  She was surrendered to Big Cat Rescue on 5/25/19. Exotic cats never…

Ginger
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Ginger

Female servalApprox. DOB 1/1/2009Rescued on  5/5/2013 Moved to Turpentine Creek Wildlife Refuge on December 29, 2023 Ginger is approximately four years old and was bottle raised from a kitten. She did not have a name, so in keeping with the Gilligan’s Island theme she was named Ginger. Ginger was kept in a cage about 9′…

Servie

Servie

Female Serval1/1/00 – 2/11/22Rescued  5/25/10 A  pet Serval was confined to a tiny, two room apartment for the past 10 years. She was housed with a domestic cat, presumably for the purpose of breeding Savannah Cats which can fetch as much as $26,000. Her life was about as boring as can be imagined since she…

Kricket Serval

Kricket Female Serval4/1/2001 – 8/16/2022 She was 21Rescued 3/11/2011 Kricket the serval was born in 2001 and had been kept as a pet, but when her owners divorced, the wife decided that she didn’t have time for Kricket and began looking for a home for her. We agreed to rescue Kricket and began preparing an…

Servals are Not Pets

Servals are Not Pets 242 Reasons Why You Shouldn’t Believe That Lying Breeder   1. Almost no one ever keeps their “pet” serval after it reaches 1.5 – 5 years of age because they pee constantly, on everything, to mark their territory.  This is not about house breaking; it’s 1000s of years of instinct to…

Zouletta Serval

Zouletta Serval

Zouletta Female Serval 6/1/1998 – 12/28/2016 Rescued 4/29/2011     A woman in NY was battling cancer, her sister had run off leaving her with her three children ages 6-17 and her home was in foreclosure…. She also had five servals living in her basement! She would never be able to rent an apartment to…