Phoenix and Captiva (Warning to chicken lovers, there is a photo on the page of the bobcat eating a chick. These chicks arrive frozen and are the byproduct of the egg industry. All male chicks are usually disposed of at birth. We buy them to feed our cats because whole prey is the most wholesome…
It’s not even 2 days into the new year and I got another bobcat call. I was on my way in to work when I got a call from our Gift Shop that a man had walked in and asked if we were missing a bobcat. I’m always surprised at how many Floridians don’t know that…
Tommie Girl Female Bobcat DOB appx 10/1/11 – 12/13/15 Rescued 3/6/12 On Mar 5 we got a call from the Florida Wildlife Commission asking if we could help a blind bobcat that had been reported by the Manager of the Cemex Mine. His name is Tommie and he loves the wildlife that calls…
Male Bobcat 4/30/95 – 8/21/15 Levi came to live at Big Cat Rescue in 1995 along with 10 other Bobcats who were destined to be the next year’s fur coat harvest. Our Co-Founder had stumbled upon a facility in Omaha Nebraska that was raising Bobcats and Canadian Lynx for the purpose of harvesting the cats…
Rain and Dancer Watch the Release of Rain and Dancer here.
Kent Greene said we could share this letter he sent to the Illinois Governor. Please feel free to use in your efforts to ban bobcat hunting. Please veto SB 106 / HB 352 a bill to allow over hunting of Illinois bobcats. I photograph wildlife, including bobcats. Below video was shot in a SW Florida swamp while…
Hunters keep trying to over rule what the vast majority of you want. Hunters want to kill bobcats. Most people want them to live in peace in the forest. After you asked Gov. Quinn to veto the hunt, he looked at the data himself and saw that the State’s bobcat populations must continue to be…
Four Bobcat Kittens at Big Cat Rescue Here’s an update on Phoenix and Captiva and our newest bobcat kittens, Rain and Dancer. Phoenix and Captiva arrived at Big Cat Rescue on 6/25/2015 and Rain and Dancer arrived on 7/16/2015. Phoenix and Captiva have been transitioned out to our huge rehab enclosure where they are learning to…
Raindance Female Bobcat DOB 5/8/93 Rescued 5/27/93 Died July 5, 2015 Raindance came to Big Cat Rescue from a fur farm in Minnesota. We had ordered six Bobcat kittens by phone, but were told that we must pick them up in person. We traveled to Minnesota, and when we arrived, we saw a sign out…
Bobcat rehab and release is not for the faint of heart. Find out what it’s really like to go on a call to rescue an injured bobcat.