AMAZING GRACE Female Ocelot DOB 5/1/92 –6/11/2014 Arrived at Big Cat Rescue 9/27/96 Amazing Grace was reported to be a three-year-old female ocelot when she arrived on 9/27/96, but appears to be much older. Her ears were very tattered because the place where she lived before had cats with common walls; meaning that one…
Florida Panther Update June 19 2014 Photos available on FWC’s Flickr site: https://flic.kr/s/aHsjxNqYsp. FWC Commissioners receive Florida panther update Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission (FWC) biologists provided an update at the agency’s June Commission meeting in Fort Myers regarding Florida panther research and conservation programs. Due to the success of panther-conservation efforts…
The June AdvoCat When to Euthanize a Tiger At Big Cat Rescue we have a general decision tree that we and our vets use to determine when it is time to euthanize a big cat, but every situation is different. The vast majority of the time we just aren’t sure that it is…
Cat Chat 58 Jenny Schlueter Jenny Schlueter, Development Director & Feral Friends TNR Program Manager, has consistently increased revenue for Tree House while at the same time greatly expanding shelter outreach activities using a grass roots approach which includes weekly adoption events and partnerships with local businesses and other nonprofits. An avid TNR activist,…
How To Introduce New Cats How Marmalade Met Cole the Cat. Note that this is NOT how we introduce big cats, but is similar in theory. https://www.aspca.org/pet-care/virtual-pet-behaviorist/cat-behavior/introducing-your-cat-new-cat
JnK Rescue Photos via IFAW When we rescued Kimba, Zeus and Keisha from JnK’s Call of the Wild in Sinclairville, NY we were not allowed to film but IFAW did and shared these photos of the rescue with us to share with you. Kimba Kimba the tiger had been almost entirely unresponsive to the…
Citi Bans Wild Animals Exhibits at Corporate Events We appreciate Big Cat Rescue drawing their concerns to our attention. After reviewing the event, Citi has taken steps to ensure that animals are not featured at employee events nationwide in the future.
Importing Generic Tigers Is it really illegal currently? Rescinding the generic tiger loophole will stop the virtually unregulated inbreeding and cross breeding of tigers who are already in the U.S. because the breeder would have to submit an application showing how breeding the tiger would save tigers in the wild and thus serve some conservation…
USDA Big Cat Symposium It’s hard for me to promote the USDA’s Lion, Tiger and Bear Symposium Agenda because it looks like their “agenda” is to promote backyard breeding and exploitation of big cat and bear cubs, (and primate babies as well, although that just didn’t fit in with the cutesy name of the gathering.)…
A Roar of Thanks to These Sustaining Donors Updated 12/31/13 Brigitte Ajluni Susan Al-Abed Peter Albini Pamela & David Anderson Christine Anderson Emily Arnold Art Glass Ensembles Susan Ash Nicole Babyak Wendy Bain Jenny Barker Marvin & Ellen Barnes Howard Baskin Monique M Beatty Matthew Beck Nancy Bellamy Susan M. Bemis Bari Berger Annarosa Berman Elyssa…
