Cat Haven Wild Animal Park Cat Haven news

Arizona Docent said:
The park has acquired a female caracal kitten named Inira. It has been several years since they last had caracals. Here is an updated species list:

lion
tiger (both white and orange)
jaguar (both black and yellow)
leopard (generic black)
leopard (amur)
snow loeopard
puma
cheetah
clouded leopard
serval
caracal
bobcat
eurasian lynx
canadian lynx
jaguarundi
pallas' cat
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I have driven by this place a million times, but I have never had the time to stop, and I feel bad about that. This list makes me want to make stopping there a priority one of these days. Especially the jaguarundi, Pallas' cat, and clouded leopard
 
The park has received a second caracal kitten, Luna, who is the sister of the first caracal kitten, Inira, they got a few weeks ago.
 
This Thursday (Sept 5, 2019) Dr Ashwin Naidu of the Fishing Cat Conservancy (a personal friend of mine) will be at Cat Haven at 5pm to share his work to save wild fishing cats. It is being billed as "a casual, impromptu event" and as far as I can tell admission is free. I believe there will be no tour of the grounds and the cats, although the two caracal kittens will be in the building for visitors to meet.
 
The park has acquired a male white lion cub from an unnamed zoo in Texas. When he gets older he will be a companion for their adult female lion, whose male companion passed away.
 
Here is a local news story on the new white lion cub. The video clip and the typed text are virtually identical. However there is one glaring error that is repeated throughout. The two people who run Cat Haven are mistakenly referred to as a married couple (The Andersons) who co-founded Cat Haven. In reality, Dale Anderson founded Cat Haven and Wendy Wichelman-Debbas joined years later. Unless there was a wedding I don't know about, they are coworkers and nothing more.
Project Survival's Cat Haven gets a new lion cub
 
The park has a new website. In addition to a species list and a list of conservation projects they support, it now includes a list of optional (extra fee) encounters you can sign up for.
Home - Project Survival Cat Haven

(On a personal note I was also pleasantly surprised to see my photography business logo appear on the rolling scroll of sponsors at the bottom of the page).
 
Park founder Dale Anderson (a personal friend) was asked to be interviewed for a podcast because of the new Tiger King series (Joe Exotic). The podcast is lengthy (over 34 minutes) but very interesting. The first half deals with Cat Haven itself, how they were set up, how they do conservation (more than most traditional zoos), and it is not until the second half that they get into discussing Joe Exotic and Carole Baskin. Well worth a listen IMO if you have the time. The title on the page is Tiger Talk which right now is at the top of the linked page because it's the most recent. If you find this post later you may need to scroll down the page until you find Tiger Talk.
The Me Vs Her Podcast
 
The park has sent out a very lengthy email report to everyone on their email list (I got it just over an hour ago). It is a detailed report of their history, the conservation groups they support, their entire staff, and a full breakdown of their financial income and expenditures for the fiscal year to date (which I believe is October 2019 through April 2020). I have never received such a detailed report (via email) from any zoo I have been a member of and I can only assume it is an effort to assure donors that their money is going to a good cause during this lockdown period.
 
Arizona Docent said:
1.0 Eurasian lynx born April 25.
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Actually it was 2.0 born, but one was transferred to Wild Wonders.

The park has partially reopened after the state-mandated Covid-19 shutdown. They are open Saturdays and Sundays for guided tours by advance reservation only. (Note - they have always done guided tours, but previously no reservations were required).
 
As of December 2022, the park is home to 41 cats (according to website). I don't know the gender of all of them, so will just list the total number of each species. It should be noted not all of these are on exhibit (for example the breeding pair of clouded leopards were moved off exhibit).
3 bobcats
1 canadian lynx
2 caracals
2 cheetahs
3 clouded leopards
3 cougars (pumas)
3 eurasian lynx
9 jaguars (3 melanistic)
3 leopards (1 melanistic, 2 amur)
3 lions (1 leucistic)
1 pallas' cat
3 snow leopards
3 servals
2 tigers (1 leucistic)
 
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