Male Pallas Cat
Date of Birth: unknown – 2003
Boris came here to die. He had been wild caught for the purpose of breeding cats for zoos, but when he contracted a deadly and contagious disease he was sent here where he could have a life of quality quarantine, rather than being kept in steel and concrete.
Andi Female Bobcat DOB 4/22/97 Arrived at Big Cat Rescue 11/30/01 Died 12/30/19. In October of 2019 we discovered that Andi had bone cancer in her jaw after she had seen the vet for chewing issues. We extracted the bad teeth, but knew that it would only be a matter of time before she would…
Female Bobcat Rescued 1/22/2022 Approx date of birth 7/2021 Date of death 1/31/2024 Became a permanent resident: May 16, 2022-deemed non releasable by Dr. Boorstein and the FWC Winter Bobcat was rescued 1/22/2022 in New Tampa after a caller reported a very skinny, disoriented, shaking, wobbling bobcat in their driveway. Watch her rescue video below. …
Windstar Male Bobcat 5/11/98 – 8/19/16 Windstar was an unexpected surprise to Windsong and Alexander. Because Alex was a Hybrid we assumed he was infertile after four years of watching him breed with no success. We had neutered all of our male Bobcats except for the hybrids as we were so sure they could…
Little Feather Female Bobcat 5/3/93 – 7/5/2016 Rescued 5/8/93 Little Feather was five days old when she came to Big Cat Rescue. She had been bred at a game farm that bred bobcats and cougars. Game farms often breed wild animals to be shot as game, or to be exploited in other awful ways….
Hercules Snow Leopard Male Snow Leopard DOB 6/97 – 1/29/2010 The Species Survival Plan (SSP) is an organized effort of the AZA accredited zoos to propagate endangered species in captivity so that none are taken from the wild. Sometimes a particular gene pool will become unbalanced as some lines breed more successfully than others. This…
Nairobi Female Serval 4/1/93 – 7/6/16 Rescued 7/7/94 Nairobi was the mascot in a pet store window until she came to live at Big Cat Rescue July 7, 1994. The pet store owner was afraid that she would bite the small children who were always taunting her and she was right. Nairobi spends her days…