Over 35,000 participated in the online voting to give the Woodland Park Zoo’s 11 week old baby snow leopard his new name, Gobi (after the Mongolian Desert). Gobi’s twin sister was previously named Batu, which means honest in Mongolian. read original story
The baby snow leopards have grown a great deal since I posted [...]

Two endangered snow leopard cubs (a male and a female) were born on May 25th, 2009 at the Woodland Park Zoo in Seattle, WA. The female cub has been named Batu, which means firm, hard and honest in Mongolian.
The zoo is conducting a poll to name the male cub. Voting is [...]

Kopi Luwak  is a rare and expensive coffee, costing as much as $200 a pound, that is prepared using coffee cherries that have been eaten and partially digested by the Asian Palm Civet (picture below), then harvested from it’s feces. Yes you read correctly – from it’s feces!

A few hours after the civet eats the coffee cherries and digests [...]

Woman rescues lion from travelling circus and nurses him back to health. See this beautiful big cat show his appreciation by giving her a big hug – amazing!

Also see the amazing story of Christian the Lion
Buy the book on Amazon: A Lion Called Christian: The True Story of the Remarkable Bond between Two Friends and [...]

In 1969, two Australians, John Rendall and Anthony “Ace” Bourke purchased a lion cub from Harrod’s department store which they named Christian.  They cared for the cub until he grew too large for their apartment.  Christian the lion was then reintroduced into the wild in Africa. 

Two years later, after Christan had successfully adapted to his new life [...]

A wild leopard wandered into an village in India and accidentally fell into an open well.   The rescue was meticulously planned and executed.
Read Article: A wild leopard rescued from a village well in Gujarat

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We toured the Big Cat Rescue Santuary in Tampa, Florida. This is a must-see attraction for all cat lovers. At the time of this writing, admission is $25 per person for an hour and a half walking tour. The big cats reside in “cat-a-tats”. Three feet out from each “cat-a-tat” stands [...]

We’re in Florida (Gulf side) on vacation this week. Today, we’ll be touring the Big Cat Rescue Sanctuary in Tampa.
Did you know that the white tiger isn’t a breed but actually a genetic defect caused from inbreeding? Watch this video – it’ll really open your eyes about these beautiful creatures.