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The 2020 Pledge

Join TCWR In Focusing Our Talents To Create A Better Future January 1, 2020 2020 is officially here! Can you believe that we have pounced into a new decade already? The Roaring 20’s have come back around and Turpentine Creek is determined to use this time to end the Big Cat Trade in the United […]

January 1, 2020 View Article

Christmas Tree Enrichment

A Big Cat Christmas Treat December 24, 2019 Christmas is not quite over at Turpentine Creek, it’s actually just beginning! As Christmas trees start to come down in houses, they start going up in our animal residents’ habitats. Most Christmas trees end up in landfills once they are no longer useful as holiday decorations in […]

December 24, 2019 View Article

First Snowfall of 2019

“Do Big Cats Like The Cold?” December 17, 2019 SNOW! Monday evening, the Refuge was graced with the start of a lovely winter wonderland. A thin layer of white snow spread across the grounds, ice hung on trees and fence panels, water dishes contained a thin layer of ice, and the cats were eagerly awaiting […]

December 17, 2019 View Article

The US Has A Tiger Problem

The American “Generic” Tiger December 10, 2019 The demand for tigers as a source of entertainment and being kept in private ownership is deterring from the reality of the very possible extinction of wild tigers in the near future. Approximately 95% of captive tigers are privately owned and have no conservation or genetic value. They […]

December 10, 2019 View Article

You Made 2019 Giving Tuesday Great

Your Support Makes A Difference December 4, 2019 You showed up Tuesday, December 3, to #GiveFocus and #GiveFuture during Giving Tuesday, donating over $38,000 to get us through the end of the year and laying a solid foundation for our 2020 Vision: Your Focus. Their Future. Our unofficial total is $38,203, at the time of […]

December 4, 2019 View Article

Happy Thanksgiving

From Turpentine Creek Wildlife Refuge November 28, 2019 Today is a day of reflection and celebration here at the Refuge. Today, we look back to all the wonderful things that our supporters have helped us accomplish since opening in 1992. We wanted to say a BIG roaring THANK YOU to both our old supporters, who […]

November 28, 2019 View Article

Emergency Surgery

Ringo Faces Life-Threatening Blockage November 19, 2019 We are less than two weeks away from Giving Tuesday! On December 3, 2019, we are asking you to #GiveFocus and #GiveFuture to big cats by helping us reach our $40,000 goal. We will spend the day highlighting what your support can do while celebrating YOU with fun […]

November 19, 2019 View Article

Serval Survivor

TCWR’s Newest Rescue – Hunter Update November 12, 2019 Turpentine Creek’s newest resident Hunter, a five-year-old male serval, is settling into his new home here at the Refuge. This lucky exotic cat escaped and survived in the wild not once, but twice, despite being declawed. In 2016, Hunter and a female serval escaped from their […]

November 12, 2019 View Article

The Retired Life

Dillian and Sadie Bobcat Move To Rescue Ridge November 6, 2019 Senior bobcats, Dillian and Sadie, are now enjoying their “retirement!” These beautiful bobcats will be spending their days relaxing in their new, spacious, habitat in the peace of Rescue Ridge. A warm den, lower benches, and of course, new sights, scents, and smells greeted […]

November 6, 2019 View Article

Giving Tuesday 2019

Are You With Us? October 29, 2019 Today, the typical life of a tiger in the U.S. looks like… A cramped cage. A filthy floor. Green water. Uncertainty of when their next meal will be. Breeding and breeding and breeding then birthing babies only to have them immediately taken away. A painful, treatable infection- but […]

October 29, 2019 View Article