Ginger Female serval Appx. DOB 1/1/2009 Rescued on 5/5/2013 Ginger is approximately four years old and was bottle raised from a kitten. She did not have a name, so in keeping with the Gilligan’s Island theme she was named Ginger. Ginger was kept in a cage about 9′ x 12′. On one side of […]
Desiree Male Serval DOB unknown Rescued 10/11/2009 Serval Rescue! An African Serval was limping along in the Arizona desert until he collapsed alongside a road. He had almost completely given up the will to live. He was probably a pet or perhaps used in the hybrid breeding scheme that has become all the rage where […]
Servals are Not Pets 242 Reasons Why You Shouldn’t Believe That Lying Breeder 1. Almost no one ever keeps their “pet” serval after it reaches 1.5 – 5 years of age because they pee constantly, on everything, to mark their territory. This is not about house breaking; it’s 1000s of years of instinct to […]
Zucari Serval DOB 7/2/2015 Male Serval Arrived 6/6/2017 Zucari is a serval who was born in 2015 and came to Big Cat Rescue in 2017. Zucari’s former owner has refused to reveal who she bought him or Chaos the caracal from. Since it was illegal to have the cats in Ohio, it would implicate the […]
Big Cat Updates They’re Here! They’re Here! Cyrus and Chaos the Caracals, along with Zucari the Serval have arrived. Come along as they are released into their forever homes. Wear their gear to show your love and support for them https://big-cat-rescue.myshopify.com/search?q=cyrus 100% of the profits goes to caring for the cats! Can We Count […]
Zouletta Female Serval 6/1/1998 – 12/28/2016 Rescued 4/29/2011 A woman in NY was battling cancer, her sister had run off leaving her with her three children ages 6-17 and her home was in foreclosure…. She also had five servals living in her basement! She would never be able to rent an apartment to […]
Nala Female Serval DOB appx 1/1/10 Rescued 1/5/13 9/9/2016 This morning, Nala Serval didn’t come out to eat. When we called her to the side of the cage she was holding up her left foreleg. It turned out to be broken. She probably did it while bounding around after a bird or squirrel. She’s an […]
Kalahari Female Serval 9/16/96 – 9/2/2016 Kalahari and Serengeti were pets that became unwanted after a divorce. Even people with the best intentions are not usually prepared for the life time commitment involved in owning an exotic cat. Kalahari is smaller than her sister Serengeti, and she has a chronic heart condition for which she […]
Purr-sonality Female Serval 1/1/95 – 8/29/16 (usually a DOB of 1/1 means we don’t know exactly, but it truly was her birthdate) As with many of the servals we have at Big Cat Rescue, PURRsonality seems to enjoy the daily attention she gets from her volunteer keepers. She eagerly plays with any enrichment items that […]
