Felids of the United States
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Yep. I missed them the first time around because it was really hard to find the facility name, and the ocelots and Geoffroy's are rescued animals and never on exhibit so weren't included; I'm working on the other carnivores now and their fennec led me to their website. Any idea what facility they came from, based on the description?
I am thinking it was an odd place called ISIS Foundation (no relation to the middle east terrorist organization with the same acronym).
(note - Great Cats World Park in Oregon bought an ocelot from them and got fined for it because they did not use proper paperwork for Endangered Species Act).
Where did DeYoung even get their Snow Leopard?
That place was Isis Society for Inspirational Studies, which still seems to be active in some form. There's a Temple of Isis, registered to the same address, that has servals, hybrids, and some farm animals. Previously there was also a place called Isis Oasis there, that seemed to have ended in the mid-2000s.
Btw, there's also Isis Preservation, in Beverly Hills, with tigers. Isis seems to be a fairly common name in CA.
(My dog even had a littermate called Isis that lived in California... when the owner could no longer keep her, she went to new owners that changed it to Icey)
Snow Leopards are oddly becoming more popular in roadside type places. Not sure where they're all coming from, but they seem to be breeding well even in poor conditions.
Their Tiger will be generic if they have one.
By "generic" do you mean the regular coloration? When I visited a few years ago they had two of the "white" variety.
Generic means a mix of multiple subspecies.
Okay, thanks for clarifying.
No you're fine! Yours have been ones that were missed. For this place, I had a lot of trouble finding species lists. But doing searches on the website, I found mention of the leopard ("asian") on a page asking for covid donations, and the snow leopard on a page about a new exhibit. The most recent thing I can find for tigers (white) is from 2017, so they'd get a question mark.
It's on my list of places to get to this year. Google currently says it's just over 2 hours away, thanks to current traffic.. normally it's 3+.
Weird. I think Tanganyika Wildlife Park has them. (I don't know if you'd classify them as a roadside zoo.) They're not a member of the AZA, so do you think they could be sending them to other private facilities?
I'd imagine that's where they would be coming from.
I think they're nicer than what's generally meant by "roadside", but they do supply a lot of them. I feel like there must be at least one private breeder out there, but that's pure speculation.
Tanganyika supplies a lot of snow leopards (and clouded leopards) to non-AZA facilities. I believe they are ZAA accredited which means they are definitely not a roadside zoo. I also know of at least two non-AZA facilities in California that got snow leopards from AZA zoos that needed to place the cats to make room.
Do you happen to know where Wynnewood's came from?
Manitowoc Lincoln Park Zoo used to have a Snow Leopard, it was an animal that the AZA didn't have room for. I am sure this situation isn't too rare.
It doesn't appear to be. I've seen lots of cat rescues and primate rescues that have taken in AZA animals. It seems like most of them tend to be older individuals that can't be used for breeding. It's nice to see that the animals are being relocated and not euthanized.
Here's all updates to the main posts:
Sand Cat:
+Hawk Creek Wildlife Center, NY
+San Diego Safari Park, CA
Geoffroy’s Cat:
+Hawk Creek Wildlife Center, NY
+Lyon Ranch, CA
Fishing Cat:
+Hawk Creek Wildlife Center, NY
Ocelot:
+Brookfield Zoo, IL
+Lyon Ranch, CA
Caracal:
+Hawk Creek Wildlife Center, NY
+Lyon Ranch, CA
-Remove Smithsonian, DC
Serval:
+Animal Haven Zoo, WI
+Hawk Creek Wildlife Center, NY
+Lyon Ranch, CA
Eurasian Lynx:
+Hawk Creek Wildlife Center, NY
+Texas Disposal Systems Exotic Wildlife Ranch, TX
Canada Lynx:
+Remove question mark from Columbus Zoo, OH
+Hawk Creek Wildlife Center, NY
Bobcat:
+Alligator Adventure, SC
+Animal Haven Zoo, WI?
+Hawk Creek Wildlife Center, NY
-Remove Lincoln Park Zoo, WI
+Menominee Park Zoo, WI (summer only)
+Ski’s Exotics Mobile Petting Zoo, MN
Cougar:
+Animal Haven Zoo, WI?
+Omaha’s Henry Doorly Zoo, NE?
Cheetah:
+Omaha's Henry Doorly Zoo, NE
+Six Flags Great Adventure, NJ
Clouded Leopard:
-Remove Safe Haven Wildlife Sanctuary, NV
+Xtreme Exotics, FL
Snow Leopard:
+Catoctin Wildlife Preserve, MD
+DeYoung Family Zoo, MI
Leopard:
+Animal Haven Zoo, WI?
+Catoctin Wildlife Preserve, MD (“Asian”)
Lion:
+Animal Haven Zoo, WI
Tiger:
+Animal Haven Zoo, WI
+Catoctin Wildlife Preserve, MD*?
+Texas Disposal Systems Exotic Wildlife Ranch, TX
Hybrid:
+Animal Haven Zoo, WI?
Sand Cat:
+Hawk Creek Wildlife Center, NY
+San Diego Safari Park, CA
Geoffroy’s Cat:
+Hawk Creek Wildlife Center, NY
+Lyon Ranch, CA
Fishing Cat:
+Hawk Creek Wildlife Center, NY
Ocelot:
+Brookfield Zoo, IL
+Lyon Ranch, CA
Caracal:
+Hawk Creek Wildlife Center, NY
+Lyon Ranch, CA
-Remove Smithsonian, DC
Serval:
+Animal Haven Zoo, WI
+Hawk Creek Wildlife Center, NY
+Lyon Ranch, CA
Eurasian Lynx:
+Hawk Creek Wildlife Center, NY
+Texas Disposal Systems Exotic Wildlife Ranch, TX
Canada Lynx:
+Remove question mark from Columbus Zoo, OH
+Hawk Creek Wildlife Center, NY
Bobcat:
+Alligator Adventure, SC
+Animal Haven Zoo, WI?
+Hawk Creek Wildlife Center, NY
-Remove Lincoln Park Zoo, WI
+Menominee Park Zoo, WI (summer only)
+Ski’s Exotics Mobile Petting Zoo, MN
Cougar:
+Animal Haven Zoo, WI?
+Omaha’s Henry Doorly Zoo, NE?
Cheetah:
+Omaha's Henry Doorly Zoo, NE
+Six Flags Great Adventure, NJ
Clouded Leopard:
-Remove Safe Haven Wildlife Sanctuary, NV
+Xtreme Exotics, FL
Snow Leopard:
+Catoctin Wildlife Preserve, MD
+DeYoung Family Zoo, MI
Leopard:
+Animal Haven Zoo, WI?
+Catoctin Wildlife Preserve, MD (“Asian”)
Lion:
+Animal Haven Zoo, WI
Tiger:
+Animal Haven Zoo, WI
+Catoctin Wildlife Preserve, MD*?
+Texas Disposal Systems Exotic Wildlife Ranch, TX
Hybrid:
+Animal Haven Zoo, WI?