Dr. Wilde’s Blog 5/15/20
It’s Endangered Species Day! Today we celebrate the unique animals who call this planet home and focus on the ways we can help them thrive.
read moreKeeper Tessa’s Blog 5/11/20
Alert! There was a unicorn in the sanctuary! What would you do if you saw a unicorn in person? Today, we saw what some of our cats would do!
read moreDr. Hunter’s Blog 5/5/20
Some of our animals here at Carolina Tiger Rescue are trained through operant conditioning. Today, you can see a training session yourself!
read moreDr. Wilde’s Blog 4/29/20
The kinkajous are now outside enjoying the warm weather!
read moreDr. Hunter’s Blog 4/22/20
Happy Earth Day, everyone!
read moreKeeper Tessa’s Blog 4/14/20
Let’s see how Saber and Shira Tiger are doing sharing an enclosure!
read moreDr. Hunter’s Blog 4/6/20
Happy birthday to Yanaba Tiger!
read moreDr. Wilde’s Blog 4/3/20
I was walking through mud recently, looked down, and it hit me - we need to talk about pugmarks, or paw prints!
read moreDr. Hunter’s Blog 3/30/20
Mama Serval has been cleared from quarantine and moved to an outdoor enclosure!
read moreDr. Wilde’s Blog 3/25/20
Today is a special day for someone in the sanctuary! It is Wednesday Kinkajou’s 32nd birthday!
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Dr. Chloe Wilde is our wildlife biologist. She studied ecology at the University of North Carolina in Chapel Hill. Her favorite topic of study is conservation. Dr. Wilde is passionate about learning about and teaching others about how they can help wild cat populations, including reducing their use of products with palm oil in them. Though Carolina Tiger Rescue does not have any, Dr. Wilde’s favorite animal to study is the clouded leopard.
Dr. Wilde’s Blog 5/15/20
It’s Endangered Species Day! Today we celebrate the unique animals who call this planet home and focus on the ways we can help them thrive.
read moreDr. Wilde’s Blog 4/29/20
The kinkajous are now outside enjoying the warm weather!
read moreDr. Wilde’s Blog 4/3/20
I was walking through mud recently, looked down, and it hit me - we need to talk about pugmarks, or paw prints!
read moreDr. Wilde’s Blog 3/25/20
Today is a special day for someone in the sanctuary! It is Wednesday Kinkajou’s 32nd birthday!
read moreDr. Wilde’s Blog 12/13/19
Each of the seven new servals needs to have a physical done by our vet before they can leave quarantine. One problem we will look for during their physicals is metabolic bone disease, or MBD.
read moreDr. Wilde’s Blog 12/11/19
The seven servals have names!
read moreDr. Wilde’s Blog 11/20/19
Let’s take a look at cat teeth!
read moreDr. Wilde’s Blog 9/10/19
Cats are split into two categories - big cats and small cats. There are several differences between these two groups, and, no, it is not just their size!
read moreDr. Wilde’s Blog 8/15/19
I love ocelots an awful lot! I know, I know, bad pun, but seriously Magoo Ocelot is a really cool cat!
read moreDr. Wilde’s Blog 7/31/19
Carolina Tiger Rescue staff have been so excited for the Lion King movie! Yesterday, we all went to Marbles IMAX theater to enjoy it and sing along to all the songs (in our heads, of course).
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Tessa Stripes is our newest animal keeper here at Carolina Tiger Rescue. She studied wildlife biology at Virginia Tech. Before coming to Carolina Tiger Rescue, she interned at Wildlife Safari. Her favorite animals to work with are tigers! She enjoys giving the animals at Carolina Tiger Rescue a safe and appropriate home for them. It’s a hard and dirty job, but she loves it! Her favorite time of year at the rescue is the fall, when all the animals get pumpkins for enrichment!
Keeper Tessa’s Blog 5/11/20
Alert! There was a unicorn in the sanctuary! What would you do if you saw a unicorn in person? Today, we saw what some of our cats would do!
read moreKeeper Tessa’s Blog 4/14/20
Let’s see how Saber and Shira Tiger are doing sharing an enclosure!
read moreKeeper Tessa’s Blog 3/9/20
Carolina Tiger Rescue has welcomed another animal home!
read moreKeeper Tessa’s Blog 2/24/20
I have another animal update for you all. This time it is about Tasha Tiger!
read moreKeeper Tessa’s Blog 1/23/20
I’m coming to you with a recent update about Mick, Bowie, and Dylan, our newest male servals!
read moreKeeper Tessa’s Blog 11/28/19
The newest residents of Carolina Tiger Rescue are here! The seven servals from Canada arrived two days ago and are settling into their new home.
read moreKeeper Tessa’s Blog 11/25/19
I’m excited to tell you all that we will be welcoming seven servals into the family tomorrow! This rescue began several months ago when we were contacted by authorities in Canada after they shut down a backyard breeder.
read moreKeeper Tessa’s Blog 11/22/19
Sometimes we are called to rescue an animal with plenty of time to get ready for their arrival. Other times, that is not the case, so we always want to be prepared.
read moreKeeper Tessa’s Blog 10/31/19
I handed out some more pumpkin enrichment this week and the cats loved it!
read moreKeeper Tessa’s Blog 10/16/19
In the spirit of fall and Halloween, sanctuary residents receive special enrichment - pumpkins!
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Dr. Lamar Hunter has just joined the Carolina Tiger Rescue team as a wildlife veterinarian. After he graduated from NC State’s vet school, Dr. Hunter studied under Dr. Angela Lassiter at Carolina Tiger Rescue. He helps with physicals, medical procedures, and loves seeing the animals improve under the care of the awesome vets at the rescue. Dr. Hunter enjoys working with all the animals at Carolina Tiger Rescue, but his favorite is the lions.
Dr. Hunter’s Blog 5/5/20
Some of our animals here at Carolina Tiger Rescue are trained through operant conditioning. Today, you can see a training session yourself!
read moreDr. Hunter’s Blog 4/22/20
Happy Earth Day, everyone!
read moreDr. Hunter’s Blog 4/6/20
Happy birthday to Yanaba Tiger!
read moreDr. Hunter’s Blog 3/30/20
Mama Serval has been cleared from quarantine and moved to an outdoor enclosure!
read moreDr. Hunter’s Blog 3/5/20
$26,300! That’s how much our wonderful donors gave to our 2020 Black Tie and Tails Ball Fund-A-Cause!
read moreDr. Hunter’s Blog 1/21/20
Saber Tiger has a new enclosure mate!
read moreDr. Hunter’s Blog 1/2/20
The seven servals said goodbye to quarantine! I’m happy to report that they have all been moved into their outdoor enclosures. What a way to ring in the new year!
read moreDr. Hunter’s Blog 10/24/19
Emerson Tiger is in quarantine recovering from a veterinary procedure.
read moreDr. Hunter’s Blog 8/22/19
Our quarantine building, Karen’s Keep, is getting an upgrade! Staff and volunteers have been working very hard to build outdoor shifts for future quarantined animals!
read moreDr. Hunter’s Blog 7/25/19
Summer camp here at the sanctuary is coming to an end. I must say one of my favorite parts of camp was the field trip we took to NC State with the high school campers! We checked out Dr. Adam Hartstone-Rose’s lab and the vet school, my old stomping ground!
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