Memorials

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.

Aspen Echo

Aspen Echo Female Cougar 8/30/97 – 7/14/17   Aspen sports the kinked tail and mid-back cowlick that are common to the Florida Panther. She also has a very reddish hue to her coat. Aspen is definitely one of the more hyper active cougars at Big Cat Rescue. She has no trouble at all entertaining herself…

Angie

Angie

Angie Female Bobcat Tribute to Angie Bobcat 1/1/93 – 4/7/17 Angie Bobcat was 24 years old which is twice as long as most bobcats live. Angie’s owner brought her and two cougars to Big Cat Rescue in 1998 saying that his county had changed their ordinances on keeping wildlife and asked if we would look…

Nirvana

Nirvana Female Ocelot 6/20/94 – 3/22/17 Rescued 7/24/94   Nirvana came to Big Cat Rescue from a broker on 7/27/94. He had left her at the vet’s office for dead because she was so dehydrated. Ocelots were once in great demand as pets thanks to their striking coats and small size. However, as with most…

Sassy

Sassy

Sassy Female Caracal 12/6/94 – 3/23/17 Sassy Caracal was born here in 1994 because we were told by those in the industry that caracals were rare and should be bred for future generations because there weren’t many in zoos.  What we didn’t know at the time, as it was before we had access to the…

Josie

Josie Cougar Appx DOB 1/1/2000 Died 3/9/17 from advanced kidney disease Josie and 5 others arrived at Big Cat Rescue on Oct. 17, 2016 from Spirit of the Hills.  Find out more about the rescue here: https://bigcatrescue.org/spirit-of-the-hills/ In 2004 Josie came to Spirit of the Hills from Ken and Nancy Kraft in Minnesota. Josie is spayed….

Charaka

Charaka

Charaka Tiger M (N) DOB 7/1/2001 – 1/14/2017 Rescued by Big Cat Rescue on 11/17/16 Charaka arrived at Big Cats of Serenity Springs on 12/2/01 at the age of 5 months old from Tanganyika Wildlife Park (which is run by ZAA director Jim Fouts) in Wichita, KS.  He was later paired with Priya Tigress, who was born at Big…

Gabrielle

Gabrielle

Female 1/1/97 – 3/10/19 Arrived at Big Cat Rescue on 11/17/16 Gabrielle arrived at Big Cats of Serenity Springs in CO from Wesa-a-geh-ya in Warrenton, MO on 9/20/08 at the age of 11. Seth & Gabrielle had a cub on 6/18/13 named Lola AKA Ripley, who was pulled for hand rearing at the age of 3 weeks and…

Zouletta Serval

Zouletta Serval

Zouletta Female Serval 6/1/1998 – 12/28/2016 Rescued 4/29/2011     A woman in NY was battling cancer, her sister had run off leaving her with her three children ages 6-17 and her home was in foreclosure…. She also had five servals living in her basement! She would never be able to rent an apartment to…

Frosty

Frosty

Frosty Male White Footed Serval DOB 1/1/95 Crossed Rainbow Bridge: 1/24/2019 Frosty  was born here in 1995 and is the father of the only two white servals in the world, which were born here at the sanctuary. Big Cat Rescue stopped breeding in the mid 1990’s because there is no reason to breed an exotic…

Jumanji

Jumanji

Jumanji Male Leopard 2/23/96 – 10/17/16 Jumanji lost his battle with kidney disease and was euthanized. Since he is one of the first black leopards you see at the sanctuary, Jumanji is used to quite a bit of attention. Most days, he can be found in the shadiest part of his cat-a-tat lounging on his…