Felids of the United States

Great Argus said:
I don't, but it appears to be US or maybe Canada. It appears to be a private facility, seems to be reputable and the animals are in good condition.
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It has to be this place: Hawk Creek Wildlife Center

I don't have a clue how it got missed, I have it on my map (with a note about all of the cats) and there's USDA reports; they have two facilities, so maybe I only saw the other place and missed that there were two? It was one of the first states I looked at USDA for.

So Hawk Creek Wildlife Center, NY should be added to caracal, bobcat, canada lynx, eurasian lynx, sand cat, fishing cat, geoffroy's cal, serval.

And Texas Disposal Systems Exotic Wildlife Ranch, TX should be added to tiger and eurasian lynx.
 
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TinoPup said:
It has to be this place: Hawk Creek Wildlife Center

I don't have a clue how it got missed, I have it on my map (with a note about all of the cats) and there's USDA reports; they have two facilities, so maybe I only saw the other place and missed that there were two? It was one of the first states I looked at USDA for.

So Hawk Creek Wildlife Center, NY should be added to caracal, bobcat, canada lynx, eurasian lynx, sand cat, fishing cat, geoffroy's cal, serval.

And Texas Disposal Systems Exotic Wildlife Ranch, TX should be added to tiger and eurasian lynx.
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Yes, that's it! They have some interesting species, looking over the full list on their site.
 
My friend who is the founder/director of Fishing Cat Conservancy visited Hawk Creek a couple years ago and got to interact with their fishing cat. He says it was quite used to people (almost as "tame" as a pet dog).
 
I can also confirm that Brookfield Zoo now has ocelots on exhibit in their old caracal exhibit. I do not know what happened to the caracals, but I did see the ocelot on exhibit.

Also this is a great resource, thanks for putting it together.
 
TinoPup said:
They don't. They have tiger, lion, leopard, jaguar, cougar, bobcat, eurasian lynx, canada lynx, caracal, ocelot, and serval.
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Small cats don't necessarily live all that long, they may have had them at some point and they have since passed. Might be difficult to find such records though.
 
Great Argus said:
Small cats don't necessarily live all that long, they may have had them at some point and they have since passed. Might be difficult to find such records though.
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They still use a jungle cat in some of their multi-species graphics, so I'm sure they've had those species at one point, but not recently. I have their info for the last couple of years, and the only other species was an Abyssinian Genet.
 
Prior species at Big Cat Rescue:

Jungle Cat
Rambo, arrived 1999/died 2014 - Rambo the Jungle Cat at Big Cat Rescue
Shaniqua, arrived 1994/died 2013 - SHANIQUA Female Jungle Cat
Crystal, arrived 2010/died 2010 - Jungle Cat Crystal Faces Down Death
Cha Cha, arrived 1999/died 2009 - Cha Cha | Big Cat Rescue
Tarzan, arrived 1994/died 2009 - Tarzan | Big Cat Rescue
Thunder, arrived 2000/died 2004 - Thunder | Big Cat Rescue

Amur Leopard Cat
Trick E, arrived 2001/died 2014 - Trick E the Leopard Cat at Big Cat Rescue
Mr E, arrived 2000/died 2014 - Mr E the Leopard Cat at Big Cat Rescue

Leopard Cat
Shanghai, arrived 1996/died 2010 - Shanghai Leopard Cat | Big Cat Rescue
Zazu, born 1980/died 1999 - Zazu | Big Cat Rescue

Sand Cat
Genie, arrived 2000/died 2015 - Genie | Big Cat Rescue
Canyon, arrived 2000/died 2014 - Canyon the cute little sandcat at Big Cat Rescue
Maharajah, born 2000/died 2005 - Maharajah | Big Cat Rescue
Agave, born 2000/died 2005 - Agave | Big Cat Rescue
Acacia - born 2000/died 2004 - Acacia | Big Cat Rescue

Pallas Cat
Mau Tse Chow, born unknown (wild caught)/died 2004 - Mau Tse Chow | Big Cat Rescue
Boris, born unknown (wild caught)/died 2003 - Boris Pallas Cat | Big Cat Rescue

Margay
Andre and Kahlua, arrived 1993/died 1999 - Kahlua | Big Cat Rescue

There was also Nico, the black Geoffroy's Cat - Geoffroy Cat Facts, Photos and Videos
and a couple of snow leopards, and genets, plus a binturong.
 
TinoPup said:
Prior species at Big Cat Rescue:

Jungle Cat
Rambo, arrived 1999/died 2014 - Rambo the Jungle Cat at Big Cat Rescue
Shaniqua, arrived 1994/died 2013 - SHANIQUA Female Jungle Cat
Crystal, arrived 2010/died 2010 - Jungle Cat Crystal Faces Down Death
Cha Cha, arrived 1999/died 2009 - Cha Cha | Big Cat Rescue
Tarzan, arrived 1994/died 2009 - Tarzan | Big Cat Rescue
Thunder, arrived 2000/died 2004 - Thunder | Big Cat Rescue

Amur Leopard Cat
Trick E, arrived 2001/died 2014 - Trick E the Leopard Cat at Big Cat Rescue
Mr E, arrived 2000/died 2014 - Mr E the Leopard Cat at Big Cat Rescue

Leopard Cat
Shanghai, arrived 1996/died 2010 - Shanghai Leopard Cat | Big Cat Rescue
Zazu, born 1980/died 1999 - Zazu | Big Cat Rescue

Sand Cat
Genie, arrived 2000/died 2015 - Genie | Big Cat Rescue
Canyon, arrived 2000/died 2014 - Canyon the cute little sandcat at Big Cat Rescue
Maharajah, born 2000/died 2005 - Maharajah | Big Cat Rescue
Agave, born 2000/died 2005 - Agave | Big Cat Rescue
Acacia - born 2000/died 2004 - Acacia | Big Cat Rescue

Pallas Cat
Mau Tse Chow, born unknown (wild caught)/died 2004 - Mau Tse Chow | Big Cat Rescue
Boris, born unknown (wild caught)/died 2003 - Boris Pallas Cat | Big Cat Rescue

Margay
Andre and Kahlua, arrived 1993/died 1999 - Kahlua | Big Cat Rescue

There was also Nico, the black Geoffroy's Cat - Geoffroy Cat Facts, Photos and Videos
and a couple of snow leopards, and genets, plus a binturong.
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Thank you! I didn't know these species passed away.
 
BCR had sand cats (and jungle cats) years ago which I saw and photographed myself. Their handling of them is one of many reasons for my disdain of that organization. To learn the true story, go to this thread and down to post 7 (my lengthy post) and read paragraph 6. (I said three or four but as we know from above it was five): Big Cat Rescue
 
Arizona Docent said:
BCR had sand cats (and jungle cats) years ago which I saw and photographed myself. Their handling of them is one of many reasons for my disdain of that organization. To learn the true story, go to this thread and down to post 7 (my lengthy post) and read paragraph 6. (I said three or four but as we know from above it was five): Big Cat Rescue
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BCR: Baskin Cat Roadside Zoo
 
Arizona Docent said:
BCR had sand cats (and jungle cats) years ago which I saw and photographed myself. Their handling of them is one of many reasons for my disdain of that organization. To learn the true story, go to this thread and down to post 7 (my lengthy post) and read paragraph 6. (I said three or four but as we know from above it was five): Big Cat Rescue
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That's awful :( I did notice most of the smaller species are from around that period where they were breeding animals, and then switching to being anti-everything.
 
EsserWarrior said:
DeYoung has a snow leopard, apparently.
DeYoung Family Zoo
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Thanks! The link didn't work for me, but I found the animal on their facebook. I have never been able to find an inspection for them (even when searching by owners, location, etc) so I had to go off of their website, which doesn't mention a snow leopard.
 
TinoPup said:
Thanks! The link didn't work for me, but I found the animal on their facebook. I have never been able to find an inspection for them (even when searching by owners, location, etc) so I had to go off of their website, which doesn't mention a snow leopard.
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Their website hasn't been updated in years. I think they're working on updating it currently.
 
TinoPup said:
The Lyon Ranch in California has Geoffroy's cat, serval, caracal, and ocelot.
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Interesting I have never heard of this place (that I know of). The first three species are easy to get in the private sector, but ocelots are exceedingly difficult to get outside the AZA.
 
I looked up the website of the Lyon Ranch (located in Sonoma, California) and under the ocelot photo here is the description:
"In 2016 California Fish & Wildlife helped us re-home 5 ocelots and 4 Geoffrey's cats from another facility in Northern California where the permitee had died without leaving instructions regarding his animals. We managed to bring them safely to the ranch where they are content to remain as long as it's quiet and undisturbed. Since these cats were never trained or handled, they dislike, but tolerate, the company of humans."
 
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