This is a sanctuary in a box section that talks about all of the aspects of running a sanctuary.
Santuario Mexicano de Grandes Felinos This section will be for gathering assets to be translated into Spanish for use in creating sanctuaries for big cats in Mexico and other Spanish speaking countries. Esta sección será para la recopilación de los activos para ser traducido al español para su uso en la creación de santuarios para…
Big Cat Rescue Hands On Training Mission Big Cat Rescue in Tampa, FL is the world’s largest sanctuary in the world for abused, abandoned and orphaned wild cats (lions, tigers, cougars, bobcats etc.) accredited by the Global Federation of Sanctuaries (GFAS). The mission of the sanctuary is to provide the best home we…
What’s It Like to Work at Big Cat Rescue? Most animal organizations our size have 30 paid staff, but we are able to maintain excellent care with about a third of that in paid staff because none of our paid staff are paid to work with animals. There are so many people who love…
Operant Conditioning Video Operant Conditioning: Big Cat Rescue’s Animal Training Program is based on operant conditioning and clicker training techniques. Operant conditioning is a type of learning in which behaviors are altered by the consequences that follow them. The behaviors are not forced, but “caught”, reinforced and therefore trained. We train only natural behaviors,…
Big Cat Rescue’s Quarantine Protocol To prevent the introduction of disease to animals already established in the Sanctuary, new animal arrivals are quarantined on arrival in the Sanctuary’s Quarantine Facility. Occasionally new arrivals will be quarantined elsewhere on site. To control certain health problems or outbreaks of disease, quarantine restrictions are sometimes placed on…
How To Introduce New Cats How Marmalade Met Cole the Cat. Note that this is NOT how we introduce big cats, but is similar in theory. https://www.aspca.org/pet-care/virtual-pet-behaviorist/cat-behavior/introducing-your-cat-new-cat
Big Cat Rescue’s Communication and Records [toc] The cats at Big Cat Rescue live much longer and healthier lives than do most exotic cats in zoos, sanctuaries or private collections. A big part of that is because of the record keeping process that is everyone’s job at Big Cat Rescue. We share our record keeping…
Hazard Communication Program 1. Introduction The management of Big Cat Rescue is committed to preventing accidents and ensuring the safety and health of our employees. We will comply with all applicable federal and state health and safety rules. Under this program employees are informed of the contents of the OSHA Hazard Communications Standard, the hazardous properties…
Big Cat Rescue’s Animal Acquisition Policy Our board asks the following list of questions when considering a rescue situation: • Is it a cat? • Has this cat been with us before? • Are we financially able and staff stable enough to take on this commitment? • Will the owner surrender the permits and sign…
Operant Conditioning with Jennifer Ruszczyk and Dr. Kevin Murdock Written in 2007. Based in Tampa, Florida, Big Cat Rescue is one of the world’s most influential wild cat sanctuaries. It houses nearly 150 lions, tigers, leopards, cougars, servals, caracals, and sand cats. 16 of the 35 species of exotic cat are represented at the sanctuary….