Whenever you have to treat a big cat, it is a risk. Sometimes they can react poorly to being put under for simple procedures. And don’t forget the fact that you are working around a very dangerous animal. We had the chance to neuter Saber the black leopard. And we also took this opportunity to give him a check up, weigh him, and move him to another enclosure back on the tour path were he likes to look at the silly people.
Follow along as Dr. Liz and Scott make it all look so easy.
(Go knock the cat out, neuter him, weigh him, give him a reversal, and you’re all done.)
Big Cat Rescue is an animal sanctuary and we do not breed out cats. We spay and neuter our animals just as you should with your own pets. *some surgery scenes may be graphic for some viewers*
For more info:
http://www.bigcatrescue.org

*music by: Hall and Oates c.

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We have 14 Leopards living at Big Cat Rescue, snow leopards, black leopards and golden leopards. Supposedly the smartest of the big cats and definitely the most fun! Take a look at our leopards in action or not in some cases, if you would like more information about Big Cat Rescue and what we are working towards visit:

http://www.bigcatrescue.org.

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Children 8 to 15 years old are invited to explore the great outdoors with 130+ big cats of every size, color and purrsonality. While participating in educational activities campers enjoy meeting lions, tigers, leopards and many other felines.

Join us for outdoor exploration on our 45 acre campus while learning about animal habitats, diets, adaptations and conservation. Interactive learning opportunities include diet preparation, scavenger hunts and keeper demonstrations of feedings and behavioral training with the cats.

For more information please visit: http://www.bigcatrescue.org/edu/summer_camp.htm

http://www.bigcatrescue.org/

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Katherine Varjian, a 65 year old woman may face jail time for feeding hungry, abandoned stray cats in the City of Beverly Hills. Ms. Varjian has been feeding and spaying / neutering cats in a specific area of Beverly Hills working to reduce the number of homeless animals born there. She should be applauded for her efforts instead of possibly being sent to jail. Many citizens and humane advocates support Ms. Varjian’s efforts. We ask that Beverly Hills citizens reconsider the way they look at animals that for one reason or the other were dumped onto city streets or were left unsteralized, thus becoming pregnant and bringing new kittens onto the streets. Ms. Varjian is working to REDUCE the tax burden on citizens for the cost of capture, holding, feeding and in most cases, killing animals in our shelter system. Prevention is the answer. Also, these cats provide a FREE service - pest control that you can’t find in a bottle or through a pest control company.

I hope that the Beverly Hills Conference and Visitors Center will also support Ms. Varjian and show the world who comes from far and wide to shop, dine and be entertained in the City, that Beverly Hills cares for ALL its inhabitants… even if they don’t live in a mansion, stay in a 5 star hotel or do business on Rodeo Drive.

Missy Woodward - Animal News Journalist
Christi Metropole - Founder - Stray Cat Alliance
Donna Baker - Founder - Feral Cat Caretakers
Ben Harding - Stray Cat Alliance
Katherine Varjian - Defendant
Tina Varjian, Esq.
Jasmin Hartmann - Kitten Rescue
Bill Dyer - In Defense of Animals

There was a Beverly Hills City Council meeting on 7/7/09 to put in language that will make it illegal to feed stray cats in which 3 residents supported not feeding the strays and there were about 100 people including many residents who supported Ms. Varjian’s efforts and TNR. Included among the supporters was probably an unprecedented turnout of representatives from many animal organizations including Kitten Rescue, Stray Cat Alliance, Coalition of Feral Cat Caretakers, In Defense of Animals, Last Chance for Animals, Best Friends and the Humane Society of the United States.

The Beverly Hills City council appeared to be wanting to be a humane compassionate city but also appeared to be confused and not educated on the issues, despite an outpouring of ideas and offers from the humane community.

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Zabu was spayed and this is part one of her stay at our cat hospital.
(*some graphic scenes of surgery are shown)
Watch the Big Cat Rescue staff and volunteers use all the care in the world to make sure everything goes as planned.
We do not breed our cats, as there are already so many unwanted big cats in the U.S.
Zabu is a white tiger which is not a rare seperate subspecies of tiger. To learn about white tigers go to:
http://www.bigcatrescue.org

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