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Maya Lioness

Maya Lioness

Maya 2000-2004 Female Lioness Maya was the best thing to ever happen to me.  She loved without reservations and gave everybody a fair chance.  Considering the hard knocks life had given her, she never let it show.  She could appreciate the simplest pleasures from running for the fun of it, to watching the sunset over…

CONAN Tiger IN POOL

Conan

Conan Tiger D.O.B.  1/1/86 – 2004 Conan was a little cautious about his new digs at first, but just a week later he was smiling big for the camera.  He likes to come lay by his riverbed that adjoins Nini’s cage so that they can talk about the lions next door and share fishing stories.   He…

Mau Tse Chow

Mau Tse Chow

Mau Tse Chow   Male Pallas Cat Date of Birth: unknown – 2004 Mau Tse Chow came here to die.  He had been wild caught for the purpose of breeding cats for zoos, but when he contracted a deadly and contagious disease he was sent here where he could have a life of quality quarantine,…

White Serval Kongo

Kongo

Kongo Male White Serval   Male White-footed Serval.  One of only three White Servals in the world! Date of Birth: 5/21/97 Kongo, littermate to Tonga, was born on Easy Street to parents Frosty and Nairobi. His mother is a normal serval, who has since been spayed, and his father is a White Footed Serval.  Kongo…

Bagheera Black Leopard

Black Mamba Jaguar

Black Mamba Female Black Jaguar 1/1/1981-12/15/04 When a road side zoo owner died recently, leaving behind Jaguars and Leopards, his wife called upon a family friend to help her find a home for the aging great cats.  Because their pedigrees are unknown, they are not valuable for conservation breeding.  Big Cat Rescue is the only…

acacia

Acacia

Acacia Sandcat Male Sandcat Date of Birth: 2000-2004 On October 23, 2000 Pat Quillen of S.O.S. Care, the leading breeder of small cat species sent baby Sand Cats to Big Cat Rescue.  They were born on 7/27/00 to Pebbles and Papoose who were the offspring of wild caught Sand Cats sent here during Desert Storm…

Cloud Dancin

Cloud Dancin

Cloud Dancin’ Male Bobcat Date of Birth: 1988-2004 Cloud Dancin’ came to Big Cat Rescue with the ten Bobcat kittens in June 1995. He was actually on the table to be slaughtered when our co-founder walked in to the farm and purchased every Bobcat in the place. He was the biggest Bobcat we had ever…

Big Cats Big Hearts

By Justin Brownlee For the first time in its 12-year existence, the Big Cat Rescue of Tampa, Florida, met its yearly quota in 2004. The success is attributed many volunteers and interns who spend all their time keeping a difficult dream alive. “Our long term-goal is to not have to exist, said Scott Lope in…

2004 Annual Report

Advances The biggest advance in our history was this year when we went from “Tampabay’s Best Kept Secret” to a Household Name in the local area. This was due largely to the great media exposure donated by six local Cox Radio Stations. Hillsborough County gave us big green directional signs in 5 locations to direct visitors to…