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Lovey
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Lovey

Female bobcat Appx. DOB 1/1/08Rescued 5/5/13 Moved to Turpentine Creek Wildlife Refuge on December 29, 2023 Lovey is approximately five years old and was Mr. Howell’s mate. She is declawed on all four paws and is missing her top right canine. The two of them shared a cramped cage about 5’x13′. Their only shelter was…

Flint
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Flint

Male bobcat Date of Birth: March 31, 2019Rescued June 30, 2019 Moved to Turpentine Creek Wildlife Refuge on December 14, 2023 Meet Flint! Flint’s First week has shown a lot of improvement, check out this video of his first week in rehab. Watch him go from not being able to walk to wrestling with his…

Bailey

Bailey

Female bobcat DOB 5/13/03?Rescued 6/4/03 Moved to Turpentine Creek Wildlife Refuge on December 29, 2023 Crossed Rainbow Bridge 5/23/2024 Because she had only had a few weeks with her mother, she did not have the skills and training that would have taken her mom one to three years to impart.  Without her mother’s guidance in…

Moses
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Moses

Male bobcat Born 4/22/2001 (Earth Day)Rescued 5/14/2001 – Died 1/18/2024 Moved to Turpentine Creek Wildlife Refuge on December 29, 2023 Moses was abandoned here at Big Cat Rescue with no note and no one to tell us what his story was. He was approximately four weeks old and near death when his carrier was discovered…

Jasmine
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Jasmine

Female tigress DOB Unknown Arrived August 2015 Moved to Turpentine Creek Wildlife Refuge October 21, 2023 Announcement Day Finally Arrived 5/1/2019 We are excited to introduce our four newest permanent residents to you! Jasmine Tigress, Sapphire the White Tigress, Dutchess Tigress, and Jinx the Black Leopard have officially been signed over to Big Cat Rescue following a…

Val
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Val

Female bobcat Rescued 02/13/2022Approx date of birth: 2016 Became a permanent resident: April 6, 2022-deemed unreleaseable by Dr. Boorstein and the FWC Moved to Turpentine Creek Wildlife Refuge November 30, 2023 Val (short for Valentine) was rescued today after being shot by a farmer yesterday for killing their chickens. She also has a lame front…

Nala
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Nala

Female servalDOB appx 1/1/10Rescued 1/5/13 Moved to Turpentine Creek Wildlife Refuge on December 29, 2023 A man called on Dec. 13 and I called him back the same day and told him we would take his father’s serval if he would contract to never own another exotic cat. On the first call he said that…

Autumn

You can find Autumn LIVE on her nest cam at BigCatTV.com! Autumn was found while still of nursing age, about 6 weeks old, by a hunter. The hunter claimed a bear was after the kitten. He fired off a shot which spooked the bear and rescued the kitten. He also reported he saw the momma…

Summer
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Summer

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…

Diablo
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Diablo

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…