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.
The Board of Directors of The Wild Animal Orphanage in San Antonio, Texas, announces the existance of a financial, personnel, and management crisis at their sanctuary where more than 400 wild, exotic, and domestic animals reside. The sanctuary has been in operation for 24 years and the decline in contributions along with the recent discovery…
Nala Tiger Nala was India’s sister, is perhaps the perfect tiger. She is beautifully proportioned and, though petite, she is everything you would expect a tiger to be. On November 29, 2004, she was officially retired from her years of performing as a traveling circus tiger. She arrived, along with three others, and was the…
Cloudy the Domestic Cat Male Cat Date of Birth: 1995 While I was discussing a house for sale my daughter who had come along for the ride was looking out the car window. Jamie was 15 at the time and bored with the real estate negotiating. She noticed a mother cat carrying her kittens across…
Snorkel Male Siberian/Bengal Tiger DOB 1996 – March 12, 2010 Arrived 2005 Snorkel was born in 1996 to the same abuser who bred Nakoma the lion. She breeds lions and tigers and uses them to make money by selling you a photo of you holding a cute little cub. The general public just doesn’t understand…
King Male Tiger January 1, 1990 – March 9, 2010 Male Siberian/Bengal Tiger King performed in the circus for 14 years. On November 29, 2004, he made his final road trip ending on Easy Street. Vern had prepared cat-a-tats that were in excess of 2200 square feet of grassy, shady space to welcome them….
India Tigress August 1, 1996 – March 7, 2010 India arrived at Big Cat Rescue on 12/10/04. Though she was supposed to arrive with her fellow performing tigers King, Princess, Nala, and Narak, her arrival was delayed. Since the replacement “crew” of performing circus tigers from Spain arrived short a few members, India was forced…
Crystal Jungle Cat Female Jungle Cat DOB unknown – March 5, 2010 Arrived at Big Cat Rescue 8/20/00 Crystal arrived at Big Cat Rescue on 8/20/00 as an unwanted pet. Her former owners thought they could create the perfect hybrid by breeding her to a Bengal Cat. Needless to say, that didn’t work and the…
Shanghai Male Leopard Cat DOB 1991 – 2/4/2010 Arrived at Big Cat Rescue 9/25/96 Shanghai arrived at Big Cat Rescue on 9/25/96. He arrived with a missing ear and was crippled because of a cat fight, but he has since blossomed into a remarkably beautiful cat despite his defects. He never had any fur below…
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…
Zza Zza Female Ocelot 1/1/97-1/14/2010 Zza Zza’s mother was so ardent about cleaning her up when she was born that she bit off her tail instead of her umbilical cord! So she sports a much shorter tail than the other ocelots at Big Cat Rescue. Zza Zza is very shy and is happy to have…