Male Savannah CatDOB appx. 1/1/05Rescued 3/4/08 Moved to Turpentine Creek Wildlife Refuge on December 14, 2023 Diablo is a savannah cat, which is a hybrid between a domestic cat and an African serval. This cross-breeding is not only cruel to the animals involved but also produces confused offspring that can not figure out how to…
Female bobcat Born: Approx. July 4, 2021 Rescued by Big Cat Rescue: July 21, 2021 Moved to Turpentine Creek Wildlife Refuge on December 29, 2023 Became a permanent resident: May 16, 2022-deemed non releasable by Dr. Boorstein and the FWC Summer is a 2.5 week old bobcat came to us on Wednesday, July 21, 2021…
Male serval DOB 7/2/2015Arrived 6/6/2017 Moved to Turpentine Creek Wildlife Refuge on December 29, 2023 Zucari is a serval who was born in 2015 and came to Big Cat Rescue in 2017. Zucari’s former owner has refused to reveal who she bought him or Chaos the caracal from. Since it was illegal to have the…
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′…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…