Mutation big and small cats in UK?

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Zoecatmeow

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Hi,
I have an autistic special interest in both cats and colour mutations.

I have seen the black leopards of Exmoor zoo, white tigers, the golden tabby tiger who used to be at Isle of Wight Zoo (Diamond), and White lions.
I am now aware that Ark wildlife park and exotic animal Sanctuary has a Grizzle morph Jungle cat. That Big cat sanctuary has black Jaguars.

I definitely need to see some of these that i havent seen before as I know not all can be bred anymore and therefore once gone their gone.

Do you know of any other colour mutations of big cats or small cats in the zoos in UK that I haven't listed above?

Sadly the zoo teir liste doesn't mention if it's colour morphs or not.
 
Zoecatmeow said:
Hi,
I have an autistic special interest in both cats and colour mutations.

I have seen the black leopards of Exmoor zoo, white tigers, the golden tabby tiger who used to be at Isle of Wight Zoo (Diamond), and White lions.
I am now aware that Ark wildlife park and exotic animal Sanctuary has a Grizzle morph Jungle cat. That Big cat sanctuary has black Jaguars.

I definitely need to see some of these that i havent seen before as I know not all can be bred anymore and therefore once gone their gone.

Do you know of any other colour mutations of big cats or small cats in the zoos in UK that I haven't listed above?

Sadly the zoo teir liste doesn't mention if it's colour morphs or not.
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Black Jaguar still at Chester I believe
 
Ark Wildlife Park is a must if you can get there - they actually have 2 hybrid Jungle Cats (as in crossed with a domestic cat), as well as 2 black Jungle Cats and 1 Savannah Cat (Serval x domestic cat hybrid). All of them are very beautiful animals, and well worth visiting! Note that these are all rescues, mostly seized from the illegal pet trade - one of the black Jungle Cats came from the recently closed Cat Survival Trust.

You might be interested that the Ark also keep some unusual and interesting colour variations of Red Foxes, including white and silver individuals, if they appeal to you.
 
Sand Cat said:
Ark Wildlife Park is a must if you can get there - they actually have 2 hybrid Jungle Cats (as in crossed with a domestic cat), as well as 2 black Jungle Cats and 1 Savannah Cat (Serval x domestic cat hybrid). All of them are very beautiful animals, and well worth visiting! Note that these are all rescues, mostly seized from the illegal pet trade - one of the black Jungle Cats came from the recently closed Cat Survival Trust.

You might be interested that the Ark also keep some unusual and interesting colour variations of Red Foxes, including white and silver individuals, if they appeal to you.
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Yeah, I heard they had a Chausie (jungle cat x domestic).
Didn't know they had two though.

That Hertfordshire cat rescue news was so devastating, apparently alot of cats and big cats needed new homes. Including the uks only Asian Golden cat. I'm just happy zoos were able to make room for them. I know sometimes it ends in euthanasia.

I really want to go to Ark, I want to see the fox mutations so badly and they have a white raccoon dog aswell. the cats are the best, these are just bonuses!
 
couple more i can think of that have not been mentioned;

Hoo Farm - black jungle cat
White Lion - West Midlands Safari
Heythrop - is a bit of a mystery as to what they actually hold given they are not open to the public in the traditional sense. But have seen black leopards there historically and they still list them on their website... they also held liger as recently as 2020 from photographs in the gallery perhaps they are still there... (they also held white lion but they are known to have moved on)
 
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Skukuza said:
couple more i can think of that have not been mentioned;

Hoo Farm - black jungle cat
White Lion - West Midlands Safari
Heythrop - is a bit of a mystery as to what they actually hold given they are not open to the public in the traditional sense. But have seen black leopards there historically and they still list them on their website... they also held liger as recently as 2020 from photographs in the gallery perhaps they are still there... (they also held white lion but they are known to have moved on)
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Heythrop probably isn't possible for me as it's not a traditional open zoo but a booking one. Parents (I can't drive) wouldn't want to.

Sadly I can't find any mention of zoos with ligers today in the UK. So I don't think they have the ligers anymore sadly. Although with the major health issues they get from gigantism I'm not surprised.
I couldn't find any mention on the website like you did aswell.
 
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