STORIES IN THE NEWS

• Tractor the Bobcat Receives Hip Surgery (1/2011)

• Why Wild Animals Shouldn't Be Pets (12/2010)

• 5 Tigers Get a Home for the Holidays - CNN I Report (12/2010)

• Sounds of the Sanctuary - MN Public Radio (10/2010)

• Safari Wildcat Series - Brian Czarnik (2010)
  

• Lavender Magazine Article (7/2010)

Caring for the Catskill Cats, Wildlife Watch Binocular (3/2010)

• Minnesota Tigers Get TV Time (3/5/2010)

Sanctuary in Sandstone gives rescued wildcats compassion for life (6/12/2009)

• MN's Wildcat Sanctuary saving bobcat from Idaho (5/13/2009)

• Rescued Wash. Bobcat Comes to Minnesota (5/12/2009)

• Vicious Cycle of Wildlife Captivity written by Alicia Ice (Fall 2008)

• Shakopee Corn Maze's Tiger Display Criticized (10/21/2008)

• Walking on the Wild Side (10/9/2008)

• Is Wildcat Law Too Tame (4/13/2008)

• A Paper Tiger (2/24/2008)

• A Sanctuary of Second Chances (4/15/2007)

• New Hope for Rescued Wildcats (4/15/2007)

• From Crisis to Care - Vista's Story (2/2007)

• Sanctuary Bears Burden of Boom of Big Cats (1/2007)
  
  • Pine County Tiger Attack (4/9/2006)
  
  • Capital Campaign is Underway to Fund New Facility (2006)
  
  • Willmar Cougar Headed to Tennessee (2/3/2006)
  
  • National Geographic Kids Article (11/2005)
  
  • TC Dog Magazine (9/2005)
  
  • Underwood Tigers Appear Saved (6/2005)
  
  • Animal Rights Coalition Newsletter (2005)
  
  • Actress Hedren promotes Isanti County wildcat refuge (8/27/2004)
  
  • Local Sanctuary Provides Homes for Captive Wildcats (7/2004)
  
  • Unwanted Wild Cats Becoming Bigger Problem (6/13/2004)
  
  • Unlikely Cass Residents Forced To Move On: Cougars Headed To New Digs In Oregon After Rescue From Jones Pole Barn (2/2004)
  
  • Jones Man Must Give Up Cougars (2/2004)
  
  • Former Area Couple Rescues Michigan Cougars (2004)
  
  • The Wildcat Sanctuary Helps Big Cats Remain Wild At Heart (3/12/2003)
  
  • National Geographic Kids article (10/2003)

March/April - Miracle Match Program
Be part of our biggest fundraiser of the year! It’s a Big Match to help Big Cats!

Donate Now!

Several special donors have generously come together to match up to $25,000 of all donations received by The Wildcat Sanctuary (TWS) between March 1st and April 30th!!!

Thank you Peggy Fisher and The Stelter Company, Joseph & Shirley Wolf, Dan & Sue Schmitt and many others.

What does your match do?

• With just $50, TWS can provide food for a month to Andre, a cougar who arrived with a metabolic bone disease. Now he runs and plays with 4 other cougar friends in a 20,000 square-foot habitat.
• $75 will feed one of our larger cats for a month, like Asha, the lioness who arrived at TWS with 6 other cats after the closure of an animal park.
• Mystique, an F1 Bengal hybrid, has hyper tension and needs daily medication. Today, with the right medicine, she’s doing amazingly well. $100 helps us provide her and others with veterinary attention they desperately need.
• $250 enables TWS to respond immediately to animal emergency calls – providing life-saving assistance – such as in the case of the 10 cats rescued from Texas in 2010.

Your donation, received between March 1st & April 2010, will be matched. Double the donation means double the miracles for wildcats! Donating to any TWS program during this time frame will qualify for the match.

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Whiskers & Waves Wine Tasting Safari
2nd annual wine and beer tasting gala to benefit The Wildcat Sanctuary in Duluth. “Whiskers & Waves” is scheduled for Saturday evening, March 26 2011, from 6-9 pm. The event will be held at the fabulous Greysolon Ballroom and will showcase many local and statewide breweries and wineries.

Guests will be greeted with a passport and glass to journey through the many tasting stations.

This is a special opportunity to get to know the Sanctuary and along the tasting path will be stories, photos and videos detailing the TWS residents and their lives before and after the Sanctuary.

This early evening event will have a silent auction and entertainment.
A gift bazaar will also be available where guests can purchase one-of-a-kind sanctuary items.

Tickets are available on-line or by calling 320-245-6871.

Tickets are $30 per person in advance, $40 per person at the door.
Tickets give entrance to the event, wine and beer tasting, appetizers, dessert, coffee and a souvenir glass.

Help us spread the word by posting this flyer.

View room rates and directions here.

April - Prevention of Animal Cruelty Month

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Save the Date October 9, 2011- Jungle Boogie -
Last year's Jungle Boogie night - Mystical Masgrrrade was a huge success. Learn more about this event here and join us in 2011 for a Roaring 20's theme and a wild night.

 

November/December - Holiday Sponsor Program
The gift-giving season is always fast approaching. Why not make it easy on yourself by avoiding the crowded malls and the insanely long check out lines? Give the gift of compassion, sure to delight young and old alike. For $25, we’ll send your chosen recipient a special color-photo gift card, noting that a generous donation was made in their honor. Card includes a bio of the cat with a fun description of his or her personality. Perfect for friends, family, neighbors – or those ‘hard-to-buy-for’ people. Your gift can be mailed to you or directly to the recipient - your choice.

Ongoing Programs -

Sponsor a Wild One
Bridging Broken Bonds
Cougar Cove

TWS supports and helps draft legislation that restricts breeding and selling of exotic animals as well as keeping exotic animals as pets. In 2004, Minnesota, took a huge step forward by passing an exotic animal law that became effective January 1, 2005. The Wildcat Sanctuary played an integral role in getting this important legislation passed. Nancy Minion of Second Chance Animal Rescue coordinated the effort. Other organizations that supported the bill include the Minnesota Department of Health, Minnesota Board of Animal Health, Minnesota Sheriff’s Association, Minnesota Chiefs of Police Association, Minnesota Animal Control Association, Minnesota Veterinary Medical Association and the Minnesota Zoo along with a few very dedicated individuals. Then, in 2006, the law was strengthened by improving public safety requirements.

Legislation Links Relating to Ownership of Exotic Animals

• Exotic Animal Bill passed by the Minnesota Legislature

• MN Board of Animal Health
What the new law means for Minnesotans

• The Humane Society of the United States

• Captive Wild Animal Protection Coalition

• Born Free USA