Rocky Bobcat Male Bobcat DOB 4/22/97 – 11/2/09 Arrived 11/30/01 Rocky, Andi, & Sierra were bred for display at the Tennessee National Zoo, but were never used because the were very shy and hid from the public. The three bobcats grew up together in a holding facility at the zoo and when we rescued Nikita…
Don’t Hold That Tiger National Geographic November 2009 Conservation page The image is of Vernon Yates with yet another of his tiger cubs on a leash. The caption reads: Floridian Vernon Yates charms kids when he shows them his cubs. Tiger experts deplore the practice. Don’t Hold That Tiger Vernon Yates took one of his…
Got Pets Online 4/9/2009 I demanded that GotPetsOnline remove our photos. In 2011 I discovered that some were still on their site and I made the request again. I asked you to take these down 4/9/2009 and just ran across some of the tiger photos still posted, so I don’t know how many are still…
Lola Female Leopard DOB 3/1/92 – 10/20/09 she lost her battle with cancer Lola moved to Big Cat Rescue on 6/25/94. Her previous owner had a great rapport with her, but had to move and could not take her or his three Cougars, so they all came here together. This is just another example of…
Keeper Walkabout at Big Cat Rescue Jan 2009 January 2009 Jarred and a new intern were smiling and talking in an animated fashion as they exited the Volunteer Check Point. It made me smile to see these people, who give up all their free time for the cats, doing so with such a cheerful attitude. …
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] My First Day in the Capitol Hi, my name is Nikki Benoit and while I have been involved in the Obama campaign (as an individual and not on behalf of any organization) I had never gone to our state’s capitol to be a voice for the animals in person. The Humane Society of…
Big Cat Rescue will now be able to greatly enhance the security of our cats thanks to the generous support of The Body Shop Foundation of the United Kingdom. We are delighted to be the recipients of a grant for $10,000 dollars (£6290.24) to be used to install automatic backup generators to power our food…
Bobcat Hit By Car Recovering at Big Cat Rescue Bobcat Hit By 3 Cars Recovering at Big Cat Rescue: October 30, 2009 at 4:00 Dr. Deborah L. Sullivan of the Suncoast Veterinary Care Center called Big Cat Rescue reporting that a good Samaritan had retrieved a bobcat who had been hit on SR 54 and…
The rise of the supercat In our “bigger-is-better,” super-size-me society, it may not come as much of a surprise that demand for designer “supercats” — domestic breeds crossed with larger, exotic African or South American wildcats — is surging skyward. In the United Kingdom, breeders are reporting up to six-month waiting lists for new kittens,…
Sultan Male Ocelot DOB 8/1/97 – 10/11/09 Sultan must be is a throw back to some relative far different than his parents who both have a reddish base coat. Sultan’s fur is more silver than red, making him Big Cat Rescue’s most striking Ocelot. The lighting in this photo just doesn’t do his gorgeous coat…
