Big Cat Crew in Action

Below are photos of our volunteers unloading a semi trailer full of meat for the big cats, hauling 11 foot high donated Christmas trees into cages, some more holiday freebies for you and the stump grinding crew at the end of Day 2, clearing out old stumps from the trees we lost during hurricanes and after a beetle invasion many years ago.

This happy crew just unloaded a semi of lumber and one of meat

Interns Rachel and Ana try to drag 11 foot tall tree into cage

Gale calls over a little more muscle to get this into Nik the tiger's cage

Sickles High School Christmas Tree Lot donated truck loads of trees

The cats will spend hours rolling on their trees and hiding in them

The trees are so big they almost won't fit through the doors

Holiday Freebies

Free Printable “Thank You, Santa” Postcards

Help your child express his / her personal thanks to Santa for his / her Christmas presents. Here are some free big cat “Thank You, Santa” postcards that you can download and print. If you print these free big cat postcards on heavy bright white card stock you can cut them out, flip them over, help your child write a thank you note to Santa on the back. You can then “mail” them for your child. CLICK HERE For More Info

The cats are all safely locked away when we go into their cat-a-tats

We invited all of our volunteers to watch the cats get trees and gifts

Cameron the lion loves his holiday trees more than any other cat here

Don’t Forget Your Gift Tags

New Four Printable Christmas Gift Tags

Printable 8″x10″ sheets of gift tags. Each sheet has 12 colorful holiday gift tags.
CLICK HERE for more information and to see more sheets of gift tags like the two sample sheets below.

This will be great video for next year's holiday hit

Jade and Armani Leopards each got a Christmas tree

They rolled all over the trees, stood on their heads and blissed out

Zabu the white tiger is amused by Jade and Armani's antics

Do Not Disturb

15 New Printable Christmas Eve Door Hangers

These are cute big cat door hangers that your child can hang on the door knob Christmas Eve for Santa Claus. The picture below is a SMALL picture of one of the Christmas Even door hangers. The actual door hangers are MUCH larger and MUCH nicer looking. These Christmas Even door hangers are available with Tigers, White Tigers, Snow Leopards, Cougars, Bobcat, African Serval, Barbary Lion, Bearcat etc.. CLICK HERE to see more samples and download yours.

Mel Smith and crew did a great job grinding down stumps for us

News in the Big Cat World

The Big Cat Tax Break!

The clock is swiftly winding down on 2011 but Big Cat Rescue is hoping for a Happy New Year for the cats! As you count your blessings this holiday season, please consider including Big Cat Rescue as part of your season of giving.

The challenges remain daunting but the solutions are achievable….with your generous support.

Please help us continue to rescue, feed and provide a “forever” home to the magnificent creatures that cannot speak for themselves. By giving a year-end, tax-deductible gift to Big Cat Rescue today, you can help the sanctuary continue to provide the best home we can for the 100+ animals that call our sanctuary home.

Your gift will also help us continue our advocacy work of educating people that they should not support individuals and companies that exploit exotic cats or profit from animal suffering. In 2011, we made great strides in raising awareness in this country that exotic cats should not be used for entertainment and should not be bred and sold to private owners.

Would you like to purrsonalize your donation? We offer Sponsorship Kits that allow you to sponsor a specific cat; http://www.bigcatrescue.biz/ to honor a beloved family member or pet; or donor recognition on a a permanent sign for those who contributed to our http://www.bigcatrescue.biz/.  Each of these donations make great presents and are tax deductible. December 31st is fast approaching, so the time to make a tax deductible contribution for 2011 is running out. Click HERE for details.

With best wishes for a healthy and prosperous 2012,

All the Cool Cats of Big Cat Rescue

Big Cat eCards

Hello and Happy Holidays to Everyone,

We wanted to tell you “What’s New” on Big Cat Rescue’s Big Cat eCards System.

* 662 new Chritsmas eCards that are photos of the big cats have been added to eCards and decorated for the holidays.  You will find them throught the various cats sub-categories in the Christmas section.

Link to Main Christmas category:
http://www.bigcatfun.com/ecards/subcat2.html
There are 43 sub-categories in the Christmas section containing 1,200 Christmas eCards you can choose from.

* New animated ecards with a dancing lion, a dancing snowman and a dancing Santa have been added. You will find them in the Christmas section under “Christmas Animated eCards”
http://www.bigcatfun.com/ecards/category2_365.html

* New Big Cat Christmas Video eCards have been added in the Christmas section under the heading “Christmas Video eCards”.  These are videos of the lions, tigers, cougars and other cats that live at Big Cat Rescue in Tampa.
http://www.bigcatfun.com/ecards/category2_339.html

* New “Talking Big Cat eCards” This is a new section and has only one card there so far but we will be adding more the next few days. These are photos of the big cats that have been animated to ‘talk’, ‘wink’, ‘laugh’, and deliver a holiday greeting for you.
http://www.bigcatfun.com/ecards/category2_403.html

* A lot of new games have been added as ecards, including a lot of Christmas games.  This has become popular.  You can send a Christmas card that is actually a cute little game for your card’s recipient to play.  You will find these under a new section called “Games As Cards”.  You will see many games for various holidays have been added there.

So far you can choose from 110 ecards that are little games.
http://www.bigcatfun.com/ecards/subcat22.html

We add new eCards all year round, so be sure to stop back and visit from time to time.  We are always happy to hear any suggestions you have regarding the Big Cat eCards System.  Please, let us know, what kinds of cards you like the best and we will work on creating more of those for you.

Enjoy, and THANK YOU for caring about the cats.

Feel free to contact the eCards tech support at lawanna.mitchell@bigcatrescue.org with any questions or comments you have about the eCards.

LaWanna, Big Cat Advocat
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