November 24 2018

Big Cat Updates

Alexa Flash Briefing

Find all of the previous daily Alexa Flash News Briefings at https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCCPv8ivo6o4CZHFifkfRYDw

Coordinator Report – Lynda Licht

I don’t usually coordinate on Saturday, so it’s fun to see a different group of volunteers. It’s funny how it’s all the same procedures but each day has a different vibe to it.

We had a good amount of volunteers in the morning to get feeding and cleaning done. We also had a few partners (Dennis Mitchell, Christine Hamblin, Lisa, Matt Dawson, Holly Tifft, Jodina Chagnon) to help with morning and kids tours, so interns and I were able to do food prep before lunch. Good thing we got it done because we were tight for the afternoon tours and there was no one left to do PM supplements and snacks. So if volunteers only have a few hours to come in, helping in the late afternoon would be SO great. Thankfully, Mary Jerome was still here to drive a golf cart for the last tour.

After cleaning, Matt Ruszczyk and Steven Becker raked in servals around Beacher, Hutch, and Cyrus for a little while. They also replaced punctured hose by Chaos.

Rich Bluder had a full feeding tour (w/ Dylan Lavigne doing the speaking) and Babs Riddle had a full keeper tour. After the tour, she went to the barn to pull more supplies to restock the cabin. She and BethAnn Bluder also made more cicles.

Thanks to Gale Ingham, Amanda Fenick, Stephanie Witherspoon, Andrew Myers (who backed up a kids tour too!) for coming in to clean this morning too.

Of course, it wouldn’t be a Saturday without Becky Gagliardo who did AM meds, fed with Steven, helped with food prep and did the rehabs.

Thanks to everyone for all their help as always.

Coordinator Photos

Manny Jaguar supervises BethAnn Bluder as she cleans, but he is easily distracted by my passing golf cart. 😀

Dylan Lavigne explains Kali’s eating habits on the feeding tour.

Dylan Lavigne explain Kali’s eating habits on the feeding tour.

Howard Baskin and Barbara Nicholas show off the Windsong Hospital to some private tour guests.

Aaaahhh. Gotta love lunch break in the keeper cafe.

I had some time to go to Kitten Cabana so I could meet Toodles (who loved the pull strings on my pants), Birdie, Buttercup, Aster and Daisy.

Oh yes, raking season has begun!! Steven makes many piles.

Matt takes a short break from raking to have a chat with Reise.

Videos of the Day

Q & A with Carole and Keepers as we check in on some of our more fragile cats.

People said this wouldn’t play on mobile, so I’m trying a new export option. Could you let me know if it plays all the way through now? It was hanging up after the first couple of scenes and the music was playing, but the cats weren’t.

Big Cat Merchandise to Support Big Cats

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Past Christmas Video

Christmas Vacation: Big Cat Edition – Published on Dec 22, 2015 – Watch as the Texas tigers, Amanda, Arthur, and Andre enjoy their Christmas vacation. See as they destroy their gingerbread village.

You can help us give the cats special treats for Christmas at BigCatRescue.org/turkey

Cat Photos of the Day

Andre Tiger is sleeping off all that turkey!
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