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 Great Pretender Male Bobcat DOB 4/30/92 – 6/24/16 Rescued 11/15/92 The Great Pretender came to Big Cat Rescue at the same time and as a litter mate to Precious. We named him the Great Pretender because he always pretended to be so “bad” when he was little. Unfortunately, once he was full grown…
Bengali Male Siberian/Bengal Tiger DOB 1/1/93 – 5/31/16 Arrived at Big Cat Rescue 12/5/2000 Bengali was First to Arrive and the Last to Leave It was either late 1997 or maybe 1998 when a friend of mine walked into my office and said, “You have to see this!” That led to a road trip to secretly…
Teisha Female Tiger Date of birth approx 1/1/2002 Rescued 10/25/2015 Crossed rainbow bridge 5/30/2016 Final Report on Teisha Tiger My hands were shaking, all the way up my arms and vibrating my torso. It was the emotional tension of what was going to happen next and the physical tension of holding the Y pole in…
Fluffy Female Serval 6/16/93 – 5/24/16 Rescued 7/20/93 Fluffy came to Big Cat Rescue from Oregon as a result of the pet trade in July of 1993. Fluffy was always been extremely affectionate until she became an adult. Servals are great hunters and fishers and she found much more happiness in a natural enclosure filled…
Angelica Female Bobcat DOB 9/6/1995 – 5/9/16 Arrived at Big Cat Rescue 5/14/10 Angelica a female bobcat was rescued in May of 2010 because her owner was in foreclosure and unable to keep her any longer. Despite having the intention of caring for Angelica for her entire life, personal circumstances had changed and this little bobcat became…
Zeus Male Siberian Lynx 5/1/97 – 4/14/16 Rescued 6/24/97 Zeus was rescued from a fur farm. He and Apollo, another fur farm survivor, share a large habitat. Although, you would not normally find two adult male Lynxes living together in the wild, in captivity this is actually a form of enrichment, if they have been…
Bongo Male Serval DOB 3/1/91 – 3/4/16 Arrived at Big Cat Rescue 4/4/95 Bongo came to Big Cat Rescue from an auction on 4/4/95. He had been raised as a house pet, but his owner could no longer afford to feed and care for him. She warned us that he doesn’t like people in dark…
Poseidon Bobcat Rescued in Port Charlotte Rescued 2/16/2016 10:40 PM 3504 Ogden St Port Charlotte, FL Died 2/19/2016 I would have thought that time had stood still because Jamie was poised, net in the air, leaning impossibly into the space between us on one foot, and she had stopped moving. Interns, Martin and Devin had…
Female CougarDOB 1/1/97 – 2/3/16Rescued 1/8/2010 Rescue of Narla the Cougar: This is a letter from someone who knew the Loppi’s. This person below, wanted us to know that Rob was well intended and I post it here as an example of how even the best intentions usually end up bad for the exotic animal….