When cats die we move them off the /catbio page to this category because many of our supporters want to still access the pages and leave tributes to the cats in the comments.
CLEO-CAT-TRA Female Serval DOB 8/11/1997 DOD 2/25/2014 Cleo arrived at Big Cat Rescue when her former owners no longer wanted her. People almost always discover within the first year or two that exotic cats don’t make good pets. Cleo is smaller than most of our servals. She also has very dark brown eyes. Most servals…
Male Binturong Born 1991 Rescued 6/15/95 Died 2/11/14 Banjo was used in classroom presentations by Wildlife Educators of America in Castaic, CA and was sent here when it was discovered that he was a he and not a she. He was Staff Member Vern’s favorite animal here and since Vern builds the enclosures, Banjo has one…
PRECIOUS Female Bobcat DOB 4/1/92 DOD 1/27/14 Rescued 11/15/92 Precious came to Easy Street from an auction when she was about six months old. She is a Texas Bobcat, which is the most dramatically spotted variety. She lived in the house for a while, but she was never house broken and never trusted people. She…
SASHA Lioness DOB 5/12/94 Rescued 10/21/07 DOD 1/7/14 https://bigcatrescue.org/sasha-gone-wasnt-coming-back/ Sasha has been declawed (and very badly, at that) and defanged) so she struggles to eat. We provide a soft diet for her, but without her teeth it is hard to hold the food and even hard to contain her tongue. You will often…
FLAVIO Male Siberian/Bengal Tiger DOB 1989 DOD 1/5/2014 Arrived at Big Cat Rescue 1/1/2002 Flavio arrived at Big Cat Rescue in 2002 after retiring from the circus. He was hailed as the smartest circus tiger ever known. He performed a light and music number flawlessly for years until he decided one day that he didn’t…
CHINA DOLL Female Siberian/Bengal Tiger DOB 11/94 Rescued 4/25/95 DOD 4/12/2014 https://youtu.be/MAusjcVDf38When China Doll’s owners discovered that they were going to have a baby and be dealing with terminal illness in their family, they asked Big Cat Rescue to take their tiger and 8 cougars and we did. Even people who could afford to…
BELLA Female tiger DOB 1996 Rescued 5/18/07 Died 10/11/13 Bella is very quite and reserved. She spent her first few days in her new enclosure in her den. She had never had a den before, so the dark secluded area was quite appealing. Bella was spayed shortly after her arrival, so that she and TJ…
SHANIQUA Female Jungle Cat DOB 5/1/94 Rescued 9/19/94 Died 10/3/13 Shaniqua came from an exotic animal auction where all sorts of wild animals are sold to the highest bidder with no thought as to their well being. From the first day she arrived here it became apparent why Shaniqua or any Jungle Cat would never…
ROSE Female Caracal DOB 3/28/97 – 7/31/13 Rose is such a friendly caracal that she was featured in Jack Hanna’s show “Wild Adventures” for a demonstration of photo tour techniques. Guests love looking at the characteristic black tufted ears of this little caracal. Rose, like many other wild cats that were raised to become…
SARMOTI Male Siberian/Bengal Tiger DOB 1/1/93 Arrived at Big Cat Rescue 9/9/2000 Died 6/18/13 Sarmoti is an acronym for Siegfried And Roy, Masters Of The Impossible. Despite the great name for a working cat, he was retired earlier than all of his buddies because he doesn’t do tricks. He came here at the same…