2020 Conservation Work This page is updated throughout the year as we fund new projects. Big Cat Rescue donates more than $100,000 each year to save cats in the wild where they belong. SNARES TO WARES INITIATIVE Big Cat Rescue donated $1,000 to the Snares to Wares Initiative. Snares to Wares is a 501(c)(3) community-based…
https://youtu.be/bxrZpwBtSRw Carole Baskin Founder of Big Cat Rescue CEO AND BOARD OF DIRECTORS Find me on all the social channels at https://sociatap.com/CaroleBaskin Carole Baskin is the founder and CEO of Big Cat Rescue. She runs a real estate business and manages 100+ volunteers and interns from around the world and 10 staff and contractors. She…
Eko, and 8 year old Malayan tiger was shot to death at the Naples Zoo 12/30/2021 because a janitor allegedly hopped the barricade and stuck his arm in the cage. The reason people do stupid things like that is because they see faux conservationists show off on TV and social media with juvenile big cats…
Has There Been COVID 19 at Big Cat Rescue? We have only tested the cats when we observe them coughing, wheezing or if they lack an interest in food. In Amanda Tiger‘s case, she has had a recurring cough for years before COVID, and was our first known case of COVID, but we had already…
Isolde Rehab Bobcat Date of Birth: Unknown Date of Rescue: December 16, 2021 Released back to the wild: Meet our newest rescue Isolde. Isolde means ice queen in Welsh and beautiful in Celtic. Isolde is a female Florida bobcat who was found emaciated weighing just 8 pounds, dehydrated, and covered in mange.Wild Florida Rescue received…
Media Contact:Howard Baskin, Advisory Board Chairman813.505-5565Howard.Baskin@BigCatRescue.org FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Carole and Howard Baskin Terminate Netflix Lawsuit TAMPA, Fla. – December 15, 2021 – During the years from 2014 through 2019 when the producers of Tiger King falsely told us they were making a “Blackfish of big cats” to expose those who were mistreating the cats…
Simba Savannah Cat 4/1/05 – 12/4/21 12/4/2021: Simba Savannah Cat Has Been Euthanized. A few days ago Simba Savannah cat began acting weird, including tearing up his blankets. Thinking he might be bored inside, where he’d been brought in to keep him from the mosquitos that caused his allergies, and with the cooler weather, we…
Lioness 2/3/2001-11-23-2021 Rescue 11/30/01 The Queen is Dead For 20 years Nikita was known, the world around as the Queen of Big Cat Rescue. Her loyal subjects numbered in the tens of thousands who watched her daily on her Explore.org cams and other LIVE webcams from Verkada and Nest. We had to say goodbye to…
DOB: Appx: April 1, 2021 Rescue Date: June 21, 2021 Release Date: April 26, 2022 Meet Byrdie 12 week old female bobcat kitten rescued today from a rural area where much of the forest had been cleared for the development of 3,500 homes in Davenport. Byrdie was very dehydrated and emaciated when she collapsed in the…
Cahira Bobcat Appx. DOB: 4/1/2021 Rescue Date: 5/15/2021 Release Date: 4/26/2022 In May 2021, it started raining baby bobcats with six, yes SIX, bobcat kittens arriving within 48 hours of each other! On May 4th we answered a call about a bobcat who had been hit by a car and died while the caller was…
