How Simba Came to the Sanctuary

When a sister sanctuary in Florida shifted their mission to focus on native wildlife, they had to find a new home for their exotic animals. In summer 2023, we gladly took in their four serval boys: Kito, Saka, King and Simba. Prior to living in a sanctuary, Simba was a failed pet.

Personality

​Simba has a very dominant personality. He really seems to enjoy scent enrichment and is one of the few small cats who enjoys rolling in paint for pawcassos. He is a pretty social serval who will often come right up to visitors.

Description

Simba has a very wide face with prominent cheeks. He has a little bit of pink still on his nose, and had a little black dot within it. Simba has dark marks under his eyes that run parallel to his nose and has a black dot under them almost like drawn on tears.

Private Ownership

Simba started his life as a failed pet before making his way to a sanctuary in Florida. Unfortunately, servals are becoming very popular in the pet trade. The lack of legislation concerning the ownership of small cats makes it too easy to obtain a serval. People buy these cats when they’re young, but once they reach maturity, they become too much to handle. They make it very clear that they are wild animals. That’s how most servals come to live at Carolina Tiger Rescue.