Champlaine
Champlaine Lynx
1986-1998
1986-1998
Des (FKA Desiree) Male ServalDOB unknownRescued 10/11/2009 Died June 26, 2023 Serval Rescue! An African Serval was limping along in the Arizona desert until he collapsed alongside a road. He had almost completely given up the will to live. He was probably a pet or perhaps used in the hybrid breeding scheme that has become all…
Sheera Female Bobcat DOB 6/12/95 Sheera is one of our most reclusive southern bobcats. Her cat-a-tat is located far from the main tour path to allow her the privacy she prefers. She is best seen at feeding time, but then only from a distance, since she will wait until her food has been put in…
Maya Cougar 3/19/1999 – 12/3/2018 Arrived 12/9/17 A Forever Home for the Holidays December 8, 2017 We are excited to share with you that a team of Big Cat Rescuers is right now driving from Ohio back to our sanctuary in Tampa with a female cougar named Mya! She is 18 years old (which equates…
Cypress Update: 3/11/14: Thanks to our wonderful SkipAHolics, who keep a constant eye on our hospitalized cats, we were able to detect that Cypress the bobcat was straining to defecate again. She went in to Ehrlich Road Animal Hospital to be examined and it was clear that she is never going to heal properly and…
TY Male Serval DOB 6/1/93 – 1/24/13 Arrived at Big Cat Rescue 6/18/98 Ty came to Big Cat Rescue on 6/18/98. His previous owners had become worried that Ty, who has all of his claws, would harm their young children. The breeder had told them that if they raised Ty with their infant son…
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…