Big Cat Rescue

We went to visit the Big Cat Rescue in Tampa.  Most of the big cats they have are cats that people tried to have as pets, some are retired circus cats.  Some didn't even know they could climb, they had to be taught.

 

Click on these so you can really see the cats.  Here are 2 cats snuggled on their perch.

 

A tiger was found in a person's basement when he was arrested for dealing drugs.

 

All of the cats have a cave type house in their area. 
Works really great for shelter in bad storms.  They look like small areas but they're all a series of rooms.  They have lots of place to roam and hide if that's what they want.  So this lion was laying there, the group we were in stayed there for a while.  Suddenly the lion stood up and went to his cave, see it at the top right.

 

 

Then he came out with this white tigress.  It was almost like he went in there and said "Come on, we've got company."

 

 

 

They were rescued by someone who was trying to breed a white liger, yes, that's not a type, a liger.  The facility is amazed at how well they get along, being from 2 different continents.

 

Isn't he majestic?  I didn't realize this, but if they neuter him he will lose his main due to the lack of testosterone.  So they gave him a vasectomy.

Isn't she beautiful?



 

This is a serval, really pretty, they had lots of these.

 

 

 

 

This is a black leopard, you can see the spots if you look closely.



 

They rescued lots of cats from fur farms.  They used just the belly fur from these cats to make coats because it's so soft and is easy to dye.  It takes 20 cats to make one coat.

 

I liked this sign. 

 One of the many things that impressed me about this place is that you could not smell anything, you would never know they had so many cats.