My Nonprofit Reviews

Big Cat Rescue does exactly what it says on the box - it rescues big cats from all over America and also from South and Central America, many of them having been orphaned by hunters when tiny, or subsequently abused by owners, or have been kept in terrible conditions or for nefarious reasons. It has, for example, 22 tigers (one of whom had, for example, been kept in a cage only a couple of feet larger all round than the animal itself) - by now magnificent animals in wonderful condition after being saved and cared for by BCR. Most of the staff are hugely enthusiastic volunteers or students studying related subjects at university - and all are well trained or in the course of thorough training, professional and delightfully polite and caring. Not only is this charity outstanding in preserving such threatened and magnificent animals, it does so in truly exceptional surroundings which provide the big cats with the sort of environment and space that they would experience in the wild, spread over 65 acres - definitely NOT a zoo! Tours are varied and take between 1 1/2 and 2 1/2 hours walking with a guide around the site - a wonderful experience for "children" of all ages (I am 77). I cannot recommend this higher for anyone interested in these beautiful animals - varying from small bob-cats to fully grown lions.