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Geoffroy’s Cat

Geoffroy’s Cat

Common Name: Geoffroy’s CatKingdom: AnimaliaPhylum: Chordata (Vertebrata)Class: MammaliaOrder: CarnivoraFamily: FelidaeGenus: Felinae (Oncifelis)Species: geoffroyiMisc: Geoffroy’s cats are strong swimmers that regularly enter the water, and have been recorded frequently swimming fast flowing rivers 100 feet wide. Geoffroy’s cats were named after the French naturalist Geoffroy St. Hilaire. Sub-species:F.g. geoffroyiF.g. salinarum (once believed to be a separate…

Purr-Fection Ocelot Sees the Vet Part 1

Purr-Fection Ocelot Sees the Vet Part 1

[vc_row][vc_column][ultimate_modal modal_on=”image” btn_img=”id^103209|url^https://bigcatrescue.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/Purr-Fection-Ocelot-Sees-the-Vet-Part-1.jpg|caption^null|alt^Purr-Fection Ocelot Sees the Vet Part 1|title^Purr-Fection Ocelot Sees the Vet Part 1|description^Purr-Fection Ocelot Sees the Vet Part 1″ modal_size=”medium” overlay_bg_opacity=”80″ modal_border_style=”dotted” modal_border_width=”2″ modal_border_radius=”0″ img_size=”80″] Purr-fection Ocelot is 21 years old and has been just amazingly healthy but she’s stopped eating, so Dr. Justin Boorstein and Big Cat Rescuers are doing diagnostics to…

TJ

TJ

TJ Male Siberian/Bengal Tiger Hybrid 1999 – 6/20/17 TJ was the youngest of four tigers who were rescued in 2007 from a breeding facility in Center Hill Florida called Savage Kingdom.  He is quite playful and loves to crash through all of the high grasses in his enclosure. TJ has a particular fascination with water…

Operant Conditioning Video

Operant Conditioning Video

Operant Conditioning at Big Cat Rescue Operant Conditioning: Big Cat Rescue’s Animal Training Program is based on operant conditioning. Operant conditioning is a type of learning in which behaviors are altered by the consequences that follow them. The behaviors are not forced, but “caught”, reinforced and therefore trained. We train only natural behaviors, no entertainment types…

Nikita

Male Siberian Tiger DOB 8/20/95 – DOD 1/22/15 Rescued 10/21/07 Nakita is a large tiger weighing in at nearly 600 pounds at his prime. He had been raised with Simba, Joseph, and Sasha and the four shared an enclosure prior to coming to Big Cat Rescue. When the group initially arrived they remained together, but…

Operant Conditioning Video

Operant Conditioning Video

Operant Conditioning Video   Operant Conditioning: Big Cat Rescue’s Animal Training Program is based on operant conditioning and clicker training techniques. Operant conditioning is a type of learning in which behaviors are altered by the consequences that follow them. The behaviors are not forced, but “caught”, reinforced and therefore trained. We train only natural behaviors,…

Sasha

Sasha

    SASHA Lioness DOB 5/12/94 Rescued 10/21/07 DOD 1/7/14  https://bigcatrescue.org/sasha-gone-wasnt-coming-back/ Sasha has been declawed (and very badly, at that) and defanged) so she struggles to eat. We provide a soft diet for her, but without her teeth it is hard to hold the food and even hard to contain her tongue. You will often…

Rufus

Rufus the Baby Bobcat Kitten Est DOB 10/1/11 – 4/26/2012   Rufus the blind bobcat kitten was believed to have been hit by a car on Dec 4th in South Carolina. He weighed just 4.2lbs, had a broken jaw, split canine and was comatose. After he woke up from the coma he was pretty loopy,…

Modnic

Modnic Female Siberian/Bengal Hybrid DOB 1993  and died 3/12/12 from mammary cancer. Modnic and Trucha were thought to be siblings. We do not know their actual history, however they were born in the same year and shared the same enclosure.  Trucha has been bred nearly to death at Savage Kingdom and has since died from…