Big Cat Rescue planned for this escape for months. Last year a baby bobcat call came in as the third one in three weeks. He only had one eye and a lump on his belly the size of an orange. Big Cat Rescue was there to get him the medical attention he needed. Emergency surgery repaired the hernia in his abdominal wall. The swelling was the contents of his intestines and other internal organs that had spilled out of the muscled area and were rubbing away at the inner lining of his skin. The attending vet, Dr. Liz Wynn, believes that his hernia and missing eye were caused by some sort of trauma. The area where he was found is completely surrounded by development in West Tampa, but bobcats are often reported there and last year one was found as road kill. After months of recuperation and rehabilitation, Chance the yearling bobcat was released. Watch the movie and see his wild dash for freedom. See the video more clearly on our ChatBigCat.com site.
In Baby Bobcat Day 1 you met a little bobcat kitten who was found on a busy road and rescued by Big Cat Rescue. At the end of that video we were putting out a call for a momma cat with nursing kittens to help the bobcat imprint on cats rather than humans during her nursing stage. Witness the tense moments of the introduction of mother cat to baby bobcat. Keep checking back for updates from BigCatRescue.org You can help by donating to Big Cat Rescue at 12802 Easy Street Tampa, FL 33625 813.920.4130, by sharing this video with your friends and by supporting some of the groups who helped make this possible, including Jack Talman, Cat Call, St. Francis Society, Animal Coalition of Tampa and No More Homeless Pets of Hillsborough County. Look for them at ChatBigCats.com
Thanks to YOU the tigers at Big Cat Rescue can stave off the boredom of captivity in their pools and with enrichment.
Big Cat Rescue's version of Growing Up Bobcat takes you day by day through the challenges of rescuing a baby bobcat, hand rearing her and teaching her all she needs to know so that she can one day be set free. For more information or to help fund our rescue and rehab work visit BigCatRescue.org 12802 Easy Street Tampa, FL 336258 813.920.4130 Info@BigCatRescue.org
Watch as baby bobcat Hope is introduced to whole prey in this action packed episode of bobcat vs chick. Find out more at BigCatRescue.org
When we left off last time, the baby bobcat Hope had gotten her first whole prey food item, but thought it was a toy. Watch this episode of bobcat vs mouse to see if she figures out that it is food. Big Cat Rescue 12802 Easy Street Tampa, FL 33625 813.920.4130 Info@BigCatRescue.org
Silly cat captions set to the music Get There by HYPE, available free at CreativeCommons.org Visit BigCatRescue.org
See how baby bobcat Hope gets down after she scales the side wall of her rehab enclosure.
Hope the bobcat gets some fresh air in her rehab cage. Her domestic cat family tags along. 12802 Easy Street Tampa, FL 33625 813.920.4130
Each year we are lucky enough to receive left over pumpkins from stores after halloween, pumpkins are a great source of enrichment for our cats, as well as a great source of entertainment for the staff and volunteers at Big Cat Rescue! All the cats love to play, eat and generally demolish the pumpkins, providing them with hours of entertainment, watch as we show you what they get up to when they are given one of their favourite treats, for tour times and more information please visit: http://www.bigcatrescue.org
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