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Windsong Memorial Hospital

Windsong Memorial Hospital

Windsong Memorial Hospital The Windsong Memorial Hospital was completed in January 2015.  Nikita the tiger was the first to benefit from having a tiger sized X-ray machine on site. The X-ray table can easily handle over 1,000 pounds.  The nearest X-ray machine of this size is nearly 3 hours away. The Windsong Memorial Cat Hospital…

Windstar

Windstar

Windstar Male Bobcat 5/11/98 – 8/19/16   Windstar was an unexpected surprise to Windsong and Alexander. Because Alex was a Hybrid we assumed he was infertile after four years of watching him breed with no success. We had neutered all of our male Bobcats except for the hybrids as we were so sure they could…

Wild Travels TV

When lions and tigers wind up performing in circuses, caged in roadside zoos or purchased as pets, it often ends badly. When that happens, the animals may land at Tampa’s Big Cat Rescue, where they’ll be nursed back to health. This story on the beautiful big cats is part of season two of WILD TRAVELS….

Vacation Rotation

Vacation Rotation

Vacation Rotation & FunCation   The 2.5 acre Vacation Rotation enclosure was open for business on July 30, 2013.  It took 11 months to raise the $200,000 needed and to build this huge open space where our big cats can take 2 week vacations from their home cat-a-tats. Vacation Rotation audio on the Big Cat Tour…

Cheetah Jaguar

Cheetah Jaguar

Why Big Cat Rescue Doesn’t Have Cheetah or Jaguars https://youtu.be/owW-kSK2Q6I The reason Big Cat Rescue doesn’t have cheetah is they are so inbred that they are virtually identical and don’t live very long, so they don’t end up in need of rescue. They are nearly impossible to breed in captivity so most zoos have to take them…

Cubs and Kids

The horrifying moment a lion grabs a toddler on national television. Whoever thought placing a hungry lion and a tiny toddler in the same vicinity was a stellar idea probably should have thought again. https://www.mamamia.com.au/lion-grabs-toddler/

2015 Annual Report

2015 Annual Report

2015 Annual Report This is a playlist of our most recent videos and an easy way to see what we have been doing at Big Cat Rescue. With your help we are winning in the battle for compassion! Up until 2003 the number of requests for rescues we had to turn down due to lack…

International Tiger Day 2016

International Tiger Day 2016

International Tiger Day 2016 Requires an official International Tiger Day Tee!  Get yours here and know that the proceeds will go to tiger conservation.   Big Cat Rescue and @Clemson University Tigers for Tigers are teamed up to protect wild tigers! All profits from the “Extinction Bites” t-shirt sale goes to support International Tiger Project…