Sanctuary Cats

MaryAnn
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MaryAnn

Female bobcat Approx. DOB 1/1/08Rescued 5/5/13 Moved to Turpentine Creek Wildlife Refuge November 30, 2023 Mary Ann is approximately four years old and was bottle raised from a kitten. We were told that she may suffer from short range vision, however, this has not been confirmed. Mary Ann was kept in a cage about 5′…

Beacher
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Beacher

Savannah CatDOB 11/11/12Arrived at Big Cat Rescue 11/13/17 Moved to Turpentine Creek Wildlife Refuge on December 29, 2023 On Beacher’s 5th birthday his owner gave him the gift of his freedom…well, the most freedom he can have anyway, as an F1 Savannah Cat. Beacher had been purchased as a 7 week old kitten from the…

Chaos
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Chaos

Female Caracal DOB 5/1/2009 approx. Arrived 6/6/2017 Moved to Turpentine Creek Wildlife Refuge on December 29, 2023 Chaos is a caracal who was born in 2009 and came to Big Cat Rescue in 2017. When the Ohio Department of Agriculture learned of the illegal possession of Chaos the caracal at a breeding cattery, they seized…

Cyrus
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Cyrus

Male Caracal DOB 8/10/2010 Arrived 6/6/2017 Moved to Turpentine Creek Wildlife Refuge on December 29, 2023 Cyrus is a caracal who was born in 2010 in an Okeechobee, FL breeding cattery that sells more servals and other small exotic cats into the pet trade than any other we know.  The owner claims to be a…

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Mouser

Mouser Male Savannah CatDate of Birth: 1/1/2004Date of Rescue: 9/8/2019 Date of Death 11/19/2023 Mouser is a male Savannah cat born in 2004. He arrived here in 2019 with three bobcats from a failed California facility called the Wildlife Waystation. We are told he was used for handling by the public. This is a practice…

Smalls
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Smalls

Female bobcat Approx. DOB 4/1/2013 Rescued 10/17/2016 Moved to Turpentine Creek Wildlife Refuge on December 14, 2023 Smalls the bobcat had been dropped off at Spirit of the Hills in 2013 by people that found her drowning in a creek in Wyoming. Smalls and 5 others arrived at Big Cat Rescue on Oct. 17, 2016…

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Illithia

Female servalBorn 4/25/16 Arrived to Big Cat Rescue May 25, 2019 Moved to Turpentine Creek Wildlife Refuge on December 29, 2023 Illithia was declawed on all four paws before 12 weeks by her breeder in Missouri, and later spayed by her FL owner.  She was surrendered to Big Cat Rescue on 5/25/19. Exotic cats never…

Philmo
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Philmo

Male bobcat Date of Birth: 1/1/2016Date of Rescue: 9/8/2019 Moved to Turpentine Creek Wildlife Refuge on December 14, 2023 Philmo is a male bobcat born in 2016. He came to Big Cat Rescue in September 2019 at only 3 years old from a sanctuary called Wildlife Waystation in California that closed down.  He is the…

Shiloh
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Shiloh

Male bobcat Male Date of Birth: 1/1/2008Date of Rescue: 9/8/2019 Moved to Turpentine Creek Wildlife Refuge on December 29, 2023 Shiloh is a male Bobcat born in 2008. He came from a failed facility in California known as the Wildlife Waystation in 2019 and at 35 pounds is the largest bobcat at Big Cat Rescue….

Ginger
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Ginger

Female servalApprox. DOB 1/1/2009Rescued on  5/5/2013 Moved to Turpentine Creek Wildlife Refuge on December 29, 2023 Ginger is approximately four years old and was bottle raised from a kitten. She did not have a name, so in keeping with the Gilligan’s Island theme she was named Ginger. Ginger was kept in a cage about 9′…