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Pharaoh

Pharaoh Male White Serval 4/22/99 – 2/15/2021 Pharaoh the 21 year old white serval crossed over the Rainbow Bridge today as Jamie Veronica kissed his sleeping face. He was euthanized after the last round of drugs and supportive care proved incapable of turning back the hands of time. Dr. Liz Wynn came to help make…

Keisha

Keisha

Keisha Tigress Born 6/25/2000 Rescued 5/28/2014Crossed the Rainbow Bridge 11/13/2019   Keisha was the second generation of tigers born at that facility and some reports state than five generations were born there over the years. Keisha is missing a portion of her ear and her entire tail. JnK volunteers reported that she lost both to…

Kricket Serval

Kricket Female Serval4/1/2001 – 8/16/2022 She was 21Rescued 3/11/2011 Kricket the serval was born in 2001 and had been kept as a pet, but when her owners divorced, the wife decided that she didn’t have time for Kricket and began looking for a home for her. We agreed to rescue Kricket and began preparing an…

Loki

Loki

Loki Savannah CatDOB 1/1/14?Date Arrived 12/26/17 Loki was purchased from a breeder by a family.  Sadly when the husband and wife divorced neither had room in their lives for this young wildcat and tried to relinquish him to the local shelter.  The shelter however would not take him.  It was their policy to refuse all wildcat hybrids. Lucky…

Breezy

Breezy

Female Bobcat4/14/96 – 5/8/2021 Breezy has a very lush enclosure with many hiding places to make her feel safe and comfortable. She comes out to enjoy enrichment items put in her cat-a-tat, or watches the ducks, peacocks, and swans as they wander by.  When she does, it is the perfect opportunity for everyone to get a…

Sheena

[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] Sheena Female Serval 2/1/2003 – 11/11/2021 Rescued 6/26/14 Funny Serval Sounds Sheena’s owner was unwilling to meet the standards required to keep her so she was surrendered to the state of Ohio. Will you help Sheena? https://big-cat-rescue.myshopify.com/collections/sponsor-a-cat In 2003 John Babb of Berea, Kentucky shipped an 8 week old serval kitten to a woman in…

Guatemala

Guatemala

Guatemala Circus Tiger Rescue On Feb. 7, 2018 was the first time we heard about the circus tigers in Guatemala.  It was Daily Mail story telling about how a 55 year old man had both his arms ripped off by starving tigers, who ate them as villagers threw rocks and beat the cats with sticks. …

Hoover

Hoover

Hoover Tiger DOB 4/23/2004 Rescued 4/23/2016 Died 10/7/19  Euthanized after squamous cell carcinoma (cancer) returned repeatedly.   THE SAD STORY OF HOOVER THE CIRCUS TIGER HAS A FAIRYTALE ENDING… Hoover Tiger arrived at Big Cat Rescue on Saturday, April 23rd, which was his 12th Birthday!! #HooverHome We are very excited to let everyone know that Big…

The Tigers Next Door

The Tigers Next Door

Sharon Guynup’s article, The Tigers Next Door, in the 12.2019 issue of National Geographic is so well researched, documented and written that Carole wants everyone to read it. The images by her partner, Steve Winter, show tigers in places where you might never expect them to be. We want you to have a hard copy…