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The Big Cat Timeswinter 2008 Winter 2008 The Big Cat Times IN THIS ISSUE - Fur Ball Recap Page 2-3 - Help the Big Cats by Just Signing Your Name Page 4 - Color Contest - Photo Contest - Online Games - Chat Big Cats - Podcats Page 5 - Season’s Green-ings - Kids 4 Cats - Field Trips Page 6 - BCR to Rescue 2 More Tigers - Hope the Bobcat - Cat-a-tat SWEET SIXTEEN & NEVER BEEN KISSED - SHOW YOUR SUPPORT TODAY and “kiSS” A BIG CAT Upgrades Big Cat Rescue is celebrating its sixteen year anniversary of saving big cats. Hundreds of big cats have been rescued thanks to all of you generous Page 7 supporters out there. More than 100 wild cats residing on the 45-acre sanctuary have been rescued from a multitude of circumstances. Some used to be pets, but became unwanted when their natural instincts surfaced. Some were forced to perform and entertain the paying public. Some were - Holiday used in laboratory testing and were experimented on. Some were awaiting slaughter for the fur trade. Some were abandoned and left starving Shopping Guide when their owners went out of business. Some were “extra” or “surplus” and discarded by the zoo industry. Some outgrew their usefullness when Page 8-11 they grew too big to be used for photo opportunities. Some were bred “for conservation”, when in fact there are no programs in existence today to release cats into the wild that were born in captivity. No matter where they came from or how they were treated they have all found sanctuary and - Visit BCR are living the good life thanks to you. They do not have to fit into the mold of a pet. They no longer have to perform stupid tricks. They do not - Order Form have to fear being tested upon. They are free to keep their coats, which look better on them than on any human. They are fed healthy diets and no Page 12 longer suffer the pangs of hunger. Not a single one is considered “extra” or “surplus”; they are all treasured and treated as if they were the very last of their kind. None of them have to pay their keep. - Big Cat Heroes Big Cat Rescue was founded sixteen years ago this month and to celebrate our anniversary we are going to celebrate the sixteen species of wild Page 13 cat that reside at the sanctuary. Starting with this issue we will spotlight one of the sixteen species and share the purrr-sonal story of one of the big cats living on Easy Street. Since the Big Cat Times is a quarterly publication we will only be featuring four of the cats in the next four issues. - Forever In order to see all sixteen cats, sign up for our monthly Rembeered E-zine at CatLaws.com. You can help us to continue to Page 14 Big Cat Rescue provide the very best care for all of the big cats by “Kiss- NONPROFIT ORG. 12802 Easy Street ing” the featured feline. Make a $10 donation to “Kiss a U.S. POSTAGE PAID Tampa, FL 33625 - Forever Big Cat” and as our gift of TAMPA, FLA. :Change Service Requested Rembeered thanks we will send you PERMIT NO. 3084 - 20% Match of a commemorative glossy Your Donations 8x10 photo of the fea- Page 15 tured feline like the one shown here. On the photo - Species Spotlight it will read “(Your Name) Bobcats Kissed Windsong the Page 16 Bobcat”. This donation will go directly towards the care of all the cats Big Cat Photos by living at Big Cat Rescue. Jamie Veronica Species Spotlight on page 16 unless otherwise noted. 813.920.4130 - www.BigCatRescue.org - WINTER 2008 - The Big Cat Times - 1 On each chair a GO TO BIGCATRESCUE.ORG/FURBALL.HTM TO SEE IF WE CAPTURED YOU ON FILM! free gift was wait- ing. Square One Publishers donat- ed 700 copies of their book, Losing Paradise so that each guest could have a copy. Doors opened early as guests just couldn’t wait to get the party started and an hour later, after lots of free Toasted Head & Three Blind Moose THE FUR BALL - EVENT REPORT Wow! What a night! The 9th annual Fur Ball was the best ever according to guests, vendors and our own Big Cat crew. With the stock market los- ing 40% of its value in the week before the Fur Ball we didn’t know what to ex- pect. This is our biggest event of the wines, the wild looking crowd, in all of year and so much work had gone into their great Safari Costume Formal at- trying to surpass last year’s record- tire, had started to let their hair down. breaking ball that we were counting down the last hours until show time The superb audio visual crew from with heightened anxiety. AVSS commented that of all the events they do, they are most As the costumed impressed by how engaged our guests poured in supporters are. the front doors, it was as if they It starts with the attire and cos- had walked into tume contests. From animal another world. print accessories to the wild face Their eyes grew painting offered by Cat Camp wide with won- the whole room took on a fan- der at the magi- tasy form of half human – half cal landscape. big cat. From the sophisticated Passing through to the full lion suit, along with chiffon laden temptress lion tamer, there was cargo nets, thick foliage and life sized a look for every one. Photographer lion and tiger statues that flanked the Matt Nassiff of Joe Photo Tampa cap- ballroom’s foyer, transitioned guests tured priceless images of the guests to a dream like African plain. as they posed for the camera. The table centerpieces were minia- Thanks to our awesome Fur Ball com- ture bongo drums that were made by mittee and an outpouring of generosity several schools and a multitude of from the public our Big Cat Sale, silent donors from tin cans and other recy- and live auction netted over $100,000! clables. Little plush lions and tigers Shoppers ap- representing Joseph’s Pride adorned plauded the every table, imploring for adoption. fact that there was a range of animal themed items for every budget. When cat donors included paid $2,350 to drive a new every dollar you Tom Mitchell, who Jaguar XF for one month. spend is sav- bid $8,000 for an One $10,000 Paris trip ing a big cat’s African safari; Mi- bidder said she’s never life, you can find something for every- chael Jamison won done anything like that body on your gift list. From a $10.00 the Thailand trip for before, but did because it gift basket to a $10,000.00 trip there $7,500; and Lance is “Fur a Good Cause” as was something for everyone. Top and Karyn Ringhaver our motto goes. 2 - The Big Cat Times - WINTER 2008 - www.BigCatRescue.org - 813.920.4130 There was cake for State Representative Kevin prestigious award. It is also the hard- everyone too as Ambler, and candidates Kevin est award to bestow as we have the Cakes on the Dot, Beckner and Phyllis Busansky. best volunteers in the world and so Cakes Plus and A A number of other celebrities many of them deserve our highest Piece of Cake vied couldn’t be there in person, but honors and praise. This year’s winner for the coveted King wanted to insure that our event was Becky Gagliardo. She has been of Feasts Award. was a success and sent auto- cleaning cages and giving tours for 9 Cakes Plus won with graphed items. Cher, Cindy and a half years, she has put in over a cake sculpture of Crawford, Tony Dungy, Der- 5,500 hours volunteering, she has a The Tree of Life As It rick Brooks, James Wilder and full time job, but faithfully comes out at Should Be. The King Cadillac Williams all sent auto- Jana Broder & Team of Drum Magic night to help feed the animals, she is of Feasts competi- graphed items. The last living cued last year in Ohio. Their story a great role model for new volunteers tion was sponsored Ace, General Ritchie, about was woven into every aspect of the and interns and she never tires of find- by Engel & Voelkers. whom the movie Top Gun was event, with the climax coming in Ja- ing new ways to enrich the lives of the The crowd their votes centered, offered a visit with mie Veronica’s video set to the song animals at the sanctuary. on taste as well as a him in a F-104 as part of one Pretty Amazing Grace. Seeing these contest of form. of our live cats rescued from a life of The DeLeon Band was rocking right auction items. Our horrific confinement and them up until midnight and, as tired as all of Taste and style prevail when A La own up and com- enjoying their new lush envi- the volunteers were, we were moving Carte is in the kitchen. The gourmet ing star of Animal ronments at Big Cat Rescue to the beat as we packed up the room dinner was based on traditional Afri- Planet and Discov- touches hearts and inspires around the last of the patrons who can recipes. The desserts are always ery Channel, Scott us all to do everything we can hand crafted to compliment our theme Lope, auctioned to protect them. and this year resembled a little African himself off twice hut and a starry sky.
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