2018 Outreach Department Annual Report Education In this fast developing world, every day brings new innovations in the way we communicate and connect. Online resources and apps allowed Big Cat Rescue to reach more students across the country and the globe in 2018, increasing our number of distance learning programs. We participated in phone and…
Demise of the Fur Trade 25 Years ago we bought out 56 bobcat and lynx kittens from the Fur Farm in LeCenter, MN because when I learned cats were being killed for their fur, I thought I could put a stop to that. (Those kittens were about the size and color that Pearlie is in…
Where can I pet a lion in 2018? In today’s world, where common sense and the overwhelming public sentiment tells us that paying to pet a lion, or pet a tiger, or pet a lion cub, or pet a tiger cub are all despicable acts of cruelty against nature, why are people still trying to…
Is this you? Volunteer now! We get dozens of letters every day from people who tell us it has been their life long ambition to work with animals. Most of these people are hoping to get a paying job where they can work with our big cats or advice on how they can get a paying position…
Maya Cougar 3/19/1999 – 12/3/2018 Arrived 12/9/17 A Forever Home for the Holidays December 8, 2017 We are excited to share with you that a team of Big Cat Rescuers is right now driving from Ohio back to our sanctuary in Tampa with a female cougar named Mya! She is 18 years old (which equates…
[vc_row][vc_column][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] Mobile Home and Modular Home For Sale I have loaned money to the operator of a manufactured home sales lot for the past 25 years and would secure the loans with notes that were secured by their lot models. When they folded in the fall of 2017, they couldn’t repay me, so instead they…
Why We Can’t Rescue Some Foreign Cats This is being written for our supporters who think all they have to do is say, “Go rescue X!” and that we will be able to swoop in and bring a cat to safety. I hate the abuse as much as you do. I wish it was as…
Maybe the best way to start out is to talk about How NOT to Rescue a Big Cat About once a month some film producer calls me and makes some variation on this pitch: “We want to find cases where we can bust down the door, like Dog The Bounty Hunter, and save these animals…
Whittier Bobcat was the last to leave home. His mom had done an excellent job of raising him in the Three Lakes Wildlife Management area south of Kissimmee St. Cloud and north of YeeHaw Junction in south central Florida. Unlike most wild bobcats he was in excellent weight and condition. Clearly, even though his mother…
Babycakes the African Genet Babycakes arrived in 2000 and was thought to be about 5 years old at the time. He died 10/28/18 after having lived roughly three times longer than genet’s usually do. Approx Date of Birth: 4/1/1995 Rescued November 1, 2000 Babycakes, the Genet Arrives November 1, 2000 the SPCA in Largo called…
