February 28 2018

THREE NEW CATS - See info below

Keeper Afton's Coordinator Notes for 2/27/2018

Busy day and lots of tours!! Lots of private tours and 4 full adult tours!!

A few projects here and there got done. The new blacktop by the hospitals was swept off. The hospital cages were put away. The three golf carts hat did not get washed last week were cleaned. The heating pads that were pulled out of cages on Friday were cleaned and put away.

An email was put out for extra help getting an enclosure cleaned out and work done out in rehab.

Manny was taken off of the snack board. He does not need any more PM snacks.

Carole is on her way back to the sanctuary from Jupiter, Florida where she has just picked up an 11-year-old serval and 2 four-month-old bobcat kittens! If you would like to donate to the care of these precious new cats, you can do so at BigCatRescue.org/rescue

Hutch the serval was a pet but now he gets to live as free as is possible for a captive born wild cat

Orphaned bobcat kittens prepare for the next stage of rehab for release back to the wild

If you would like to donate to the care of these precious new cats, you can do so HERE.

Carole got a call from the new management of the Busch Wildlife Sanctuary in Jupiter asking if we could take in Hutch the serval; who had previously been a pet. Hutch will now be a permanent resident at Big Cat Rescue. Our keepers are readying a nice big enclosure for Hutch to live in and enjoy once he arrives in Tampa!

The Florida native wild bobcat kittens arrived at Busch Wildlife as skinny orphans when they were just four weeks old. Busch Wildlife believed they were good candidates for rehabilitation and release and started the process of making sure they didn’t get used to people as they grew up.

But they don’t have the state-of-the-art rehab facility that Big Cat Rescue does, so they asked us to complete the kittens’ rehab. The kittens will move into our rehab area and we will teach them how to hunt and survive in the wild. Once they are old enough, they will be released together.

Can Hutch and these adorable kittens count on your help to care for them at our sanctuary? Thank you for your ongoing support! More photos and videos to come!

PLEASE DONATE HERE: BigCatRescue.org/rescue

You can submit names for the two new Rehab Bobcat Kittens.

Please submit your name suggestions through Instant Messenger only at https://m.me/bigcatrescue Only names submitted through messenger through this ManyChat Bot link will be considered. Thru there we will tally all the name suggestions.

In Other News: Today, many of you have been asking about Joseph, Gabrielle, and Noel.  Please check the Big Cat Updates to get news on those three precious cats.

• BigCatRescue.org/february-26-2018/
• BigCatRescue.org/february-27-2018/