Reno Male Leopard DOB 1995 – 2/23/15 Arrived at Big Cat Rescue 1/1/02 Reno is a very agile, golden spotted leopard who arrived at Big Cat Rescue in 2002 at the age of 7. Reno was a circus performer trained to ride around the ring in a chariot behind a horse. When the act was…
Sometimes Sanctuary Work is a Shell Game Well, sort of… 12 yards of seashells, two hours of shoveling and raking and a lot of sore muscles the next day, create a beautiful place for our tour guests to wait for their tour to be called. Alex Tiger goes on vacation in the 2.5 acre Vacation…
Operation Cyberwild Leads to Dozen Criminal Cases Alleging Illegal Sale of Endangered Species through Internet Sites LOS ANGELES – Federal and state authorities have filed criminal cases against a dozen people who allegedly used Internet sites to illegally sell endangered species and other wildlife protected by federal and state law, including fish, birds and…
Anatolian Leopard Is Alive Read Big Cat Rescue’s Daily Updates on Wildcats in the Wild at Field Projects 2006 Update from the Field: THE WASHINGTON TIMES By Nicholas Birch Published August 25, 2006 ISTANBUL — When Ahmet Caliskan shot a 143-pound leopard that had attacked his neighbor in the western Turkish village of Bagozu in…
Saving the Leopard in the Wild Big Cat Rescue was recently contacted by the Sr. Program Officer of World Wildlife Fund’s Asian Species Conservation Program asking for assistance with a major initiative in tiger conservation. In mid-December, WWF will begin their 5-month program “Tiger Conservation in the Cambodian Eastern Plains.” This 4.5 million acre area…
Panther International LLC is a custom software applications firm located in Clearwater, Florida. Chase Stockon, Panther’s CEO/President, recently brought his staff for a private tour and decided he wanted to help. As he put it, “I was motivated to support Big Cat Rescue after visiting the sanctuary and seeing the incredible work there. As I…
Shaquille Male Leopard DOB 1991Shaq arrived at Big Cat Rescue on 3/4/96. He is retired from a nightclub act in Las Vegas. He arrived with a cougar whose face and head had been so severely beaten that she arrived with an infection in her brain from the open wounds and has since died. We were…
Venus Female Leopard 1991 – 2002 Tributes to Venus Leopard “Venus was the first neighbor I had out here on Easy Street. When Scott moved out of my old trailer so I could move on grounds, they also moved two cougars (Fleetwood and Enya) over by his new place. That opened up space for them…