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Estero

Estero

Bobcat Rescue Call in Estero FL Dec 21, 2016: When people call to report an injured bobcat I usually insist on a photo because most people can’t tell a house cat from a Florida Panther or a coyote from a bobcat. I also don’t want to waste a lot of precious time chasing my tail…

Frosty

Frosty

Frosty Male White Footed Serval DOB 1/1/95 Crossed Rainbow Bridge: 1/24/2019 Frosty  was born here in 1995 and is the father of the only two white servals in the world, which were born here at the sanctuary. Big Cat Rescue stopped breeding in the mid 1990’s because there is no reason to breed an exotic…

Solar

Solar

Above is the energy generated at Big Cat Rescue via solar panels from 6/28/12 until 3/16/16. Make the Switch to Solar with Big Cat Rescue When you go solar with Sungevity you get $750 off your system price, and $750 goes back to Big Cat Rescue! It’s a triple win – for you, for the…

Chief Spotted Eye

Chief Spotted Eye

In Memory Of Chief Spotted Eye Thanksgiving night, we set out to rescue a Florida bobcat that got hit by a car. He had many injuries, but we were determined to do whatever it took to help him. Unfortunately he was suffering more than we thought, and we are saddened by him loss. Just six…

Thor

Thor

Thor Bobcat on Wildest Animal Rescues https://youtu.be/LAXKgmtJJX0 Meet Thor the Bobcat Who took a car to the face and lived to tell about it! Update April 28, 2016 On Sunday Thor will be returned to his rightful place in the wild.  Be sure that you are a fan of ours on Facebook.com/BigCatRescue and that you…

Happy Thanksgiving 2016

Happy Thanksgiving 2016

Happy Thanksgiving! There are a dozen new cats who are calling Big Cat Rescue their fur-ever home, thanks to YOU!  Every meal served up to these big cats with big appetites is provided by YOU.  Every lifesaving surgery is because of YOU.  Every day these cats are able to get pain medications, to deal with…

CATNIP ALTERNATIVE STUDY

CATNIP ALTERNATIVE STUDY

CATNIP ALTERNATIVE STUDY Big Cat Rescue’s Research Director Lauren Buckingham recently assisted California scientist Sebastiaan Bol with his study on catnip alternatives using some of our big cats as test subjects. Sebastiaan initially wanted to determine if house cats, who had no reaction to catnip would enjoy alternative plants, in an effort to enrich their…

Tiger Temple

Tiger Temple

BIG NEWS FOR BIG CATS Thailand’s Tiger Temple was founded in 1994 as a forest temple and sanctuary for wild animals.  The temple rescued it’s first tiger in 1999, an orphaned cub that had been found in a local village. The cub died soon after its arrival. According to reports 8 cubs in need of…

Five New Tigers Arriving

Five New Tigers Arriving

BIG CAT RESCUE IS PARTICIPATING IN THE LARGEST RESCUE OF BIG CATS IN U.S. HISTORY – WE NEED YOUR DONATIONS TO HELP US CARE FOR 5 NEW TIGERS! Big Cat Rescue is right now taking part in the largest rescue of big cats in U.S. history. A number of accredited sanctuaries are collaborating in the…

Advocat 2016 10

Advocat 2016 10

[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] Happy Halloween from Big Cat Rescue! Lions, Tigers, and Haunted Houses…OH MY!! Watch as some of our big cats enjoy their Halloween enrichment. Happy Halloween!! If you are wondering what happened to the September AdvoCat, so am I.  There’s just been so much going on at Big Cat Rescue that I ran out of…