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.
Cloud Dancin’ Male Bobcat Date of Birth: 1988-2004 Cloud Dancin’ came to Big Cat Rescue with the ten Bobcat kittens in June 1995. He was actually on the table to be slaughtered when our co-founder walked in to the farm and purchased every Bobcat in the place. He was the biggest Bobcat we had ever…
Elsa Bobcat Female Northern Bobcat Date of Birth: 4/88 – 10/19/04 Elsa was purchased at an auction in 1992 and brought to Big Cat Rescue. She originally came from South Dakota, where she had been kept outside in a pen with no shelter from the freezing temperatures. Her ears were so badly frost bitten that…
Thunder Male Jungle Cat D.O.B. 9/13/98 – 10/12/04 Thunder arrived at Big Cat Rescue on 6/13/00 as an unwanted pet. His former owner was assured that they could make a fortune breeding hybrid Chausies and have the pleasure of a perfect pet in this wild cat. What they weren’t told is that all exotic cats spray…
Casper Cougar Male Cougar DOB unknown – 7/14/04 Casper , a male western cougar, found refuge at Big Cat Rescue in 1996. He had been seized in a drug raid by the Florida Fish & Wildlife Commission and taken to Lion Country Safari, who in turn went on a search to place the cougar as…
Hunted to extinction in the U.S. by 1940, the Jaguar is in trouble world wide, and two in particular are barely escaping death due to the rescue efforts of Big Cat Rescue. There are only 300 such cats registered with the International species Information Service and only 22 of those are considered sufficiently pedigreed to…
Sierra Male Caracal 1990 – 4/22/04 Sierra came to Big Cat Rescue on 5/1/93 from an Alabama Research Center. It is disturbing to contemplate what type of research would possibly be needed of African cats in the U.S. and why it made Sierra so fearful of people. He came with a general dislike for…
Tabitha Female Ocelot born in 1983 – 2/2/04 Arrived here 6/17/97 Her story is repeated all too often by greedy people looking to make a profit off an animal. She supplied kittens to the pet trade until she was 13 and quit producing. She was unceremoniously dumped at an auction where she was in the…
Ninja Male Lynx Hybrid 4/29/96 – 2004 Ninja was born here before we knew any better. We didn’t think a bobcat / lynx hybrid could reproduce, but his father did. Ninja was never friendly toward people. He has a favorite spit to hiss at people from and the photographer’s love his beauty and fearlessness. TRIBUTES…
Cheyenne Serval Female Serval Date of Birth: 1/23/90 (more likely 1980) Cheyenne arrived to live on Easy Street as a zoo reject. She was sold at auction because she was fat and sway backed and not the perfect representation of the sleek Serval she was supposed to be. She looks much older than her paperwork…
Mongo Serval Male Serval Born January 1991 Died January 7, 2004 Arrived on Easy Street Feb. 25, 1996. He is an exceptionally handsome male and although he has claws, he has used them around people only to snag a favored tidbit of food from the bowl as you pass his cage. TRIBUTES FOR MONGO…