2008 Matching Funds Program

Generous supporters – Gary & JoAnn Fink – will once again match all donations received between March 1st & April 30th up to $25,000.

Double the donations mean double the miracles for wildcats!

The Wildcat Sanctuary now provides safe haven for 14 cougars, and over 90 other wildcats, including lions, tigers, bobcats, lynx and servals. In 2007, we accomplished many miracles with your help. In 2008, we hope to provide more miracles to the cougars and other cats in our care. With your matching donation, we can:

• Build the Cougar Cove area and provide enclosures for each cougar group -Castle & Vista; Josie & Hope; Mia, Max & Matty; Cheyenne, Raja & Yuma.
• Provide 3,000 square-foot enclosures for cougars living alone, like Nokomis, Spring & Tasha.
• Construct temperature-controlled cougar cabins in all the new habitats.
• Complete the lions’ free-roaming lair (for Alsan’s pride).
• Help build in-ground water pools for Titan and Lilly, the Bengal tigers.
• Help feed over 100+ residents at The Wildcat Sanctuary.

Each dollar you give becomes two; each $10 becomes $20. Every donation brings us closer to our goals. We have proven, time and again, that miracles can happen!

Beginning March 1st, please donate online or send the attached reply form to:

The Wildcat Sanctuary
PO Box 314
Sandstone MN 55072.

2007 Annual Report

The Wildcat Sanctuary is more than just a safe haven for big cats. It is an agent of change for the captive wildlife crisis and is the combined effort of more than 3500 supporters. If you are one of them, the attached annual report recaps the amazing work YOU did! If you haven’t been able to help yet, you can still support the cause by contributing to one of TWS’ many programs.

Open 2007 Annual Report
(must have Adobe PDF reader to view)

A Very Merry Christmas for 3 Special Cats

Our sincerest thanks to the following contributors who have provided enough funding to complete the habitat for Lilly, the tiger, next to Titan.

• Ahimsa Foundation
• Dr. Linda A. Wolf of the James J. Wolf Family Foundation
• Gary & JoAnn Fink
• Mille Lacs Band of Ojibwe

Our deepest appreciation to the following contributor who has provided enough funding to construct permanent habitats for two bobcats, Cooter and Baby Jenga.

• The Mahely Family Foundation

Their contriubtions are so important and will bring so much happiness to these cats in need. Each habitat will include a plaque acknowledging their contribution.

Cheyenne is one of the lucky ones from a Nebraska farm who has found sanctuary. She suffers from severe dehydration, abscessed teeth and frostbitten ears and tail. Her only shelter was a steel barrel with no bedding. Luckily she was being fed by the Nebraska Parks Commission after she was seized and has put on weight since August.

She is very frightened of humans and will need to learn to trust again. She has led a horrific life with very little food or shelter. We are working as quickly as possible to help the other tigers, bears, baboon, dogs and hooved animals from these horrible conditions.

Rocky Mountain Wildlife has offered to take in the bears and tigers and is in discussions with the Nebraska Parks commission this week to accomplish their rescue.

We are trying to contact local and national rescue groups to convince the state of Nebraska to seize the remaining animals. Currently, there is no court order to remove the dogs, baboon or hooved animals.

If you would like to donate towards Cheyenne's care, please visit our online store.

A dog peers out of the abandoned
house he is caged in as TWS
staff members work to remove
Cheyenne from the deplorable
conditions she and dozens of
other animals have lived in for years.

Click the picture or this LINK to
view a series of photos
from Cheyenne's rescue.

Raja and Tasha, the cougars from the Iowa rescue, are settling in quite well. Raja is an 18-month-old male who loves to play and announce to the other cougars who is boss. Tasha, is an eight-year-old female, with a sweet disposition who does not care for her rowdy neighbor.

Cheyenne, the cougar from Nebraska, is still quite timid. She will only come out of her den at night, but is eating well. She will need more time to adjust since she was mistreated and lived a horrible life. But slowly she is showing her muzzle to us out her den door.

We are grateful to have been able to save these three cougars. 2008 will be a new start at life with TWS.

If you would like to donate to the new cougars
care and habitats please visit our online store.

Ways to Help TWS!

TWS on eBay

Raise money for TWS' cats while you shop our new on-line ebay store. Items range from specialty sponorship packages to decorative plates. We are always looking for additional new items to add to our store. If you have donations, please contact cat@wildcatsanctuary.org.

To view our store visit: http://stores.ebay.com/The-Wildcat-Sanctuary_W0QQcolZ4QQdirZ1QQfsubZ0QQftidZ2QQtZkm

Pennies to search

What if The Wildcat Sanctuary earned a penny every time you searched the Internet? Or how about if a percentage of every purchase you made online went to support our cause? Well, now it can!

GoodSearch.com is a new Yahoo-powered search engine that donates half its advertising revenue, about a penny per search, to the charities its users designate. Use it just as you would any search engine, get quality search results from Yahoo, and watch the donations add up!

GoodShop.com is a new online shopping mall which donates up to 37 percent of each purchase to your favorite cause! Hundreds of great stores including Target, Gap, Best Buy, ebay, Macy's and Barnes & Noble have teamed up with GoodShop and every time you place an order, you'll be supporting your favorite cause.

Just go to www.goodsearch.com or www.goodshop.com and be sure to enter TWS as the charity you want to support. And, be sure to spread the word!

Purchase photos of TWS wildcats and proceeds benefit the sanctuary.

Wonderful friend and photogrpaher, Pamela Lammersen, is using her talents to help the cats. Proceeds of your purchase of TWS' cat photos go directly to the cats.

To view and purchase photos, visit:
www.pcmlphotography.com/-/pcmlphotography/galleryindex.asp?c=3092

Use your taste buds to help wildcats.

Food Perspectives Inc. is a consumer testing company headquartered in Plymouth, MN. Their clients are major manufacturers of consumer food products who hire them to help gain a better understanding of consumer likes and dislikes. We are looking for men and women ages 18-65 willing to take part in as many as 6 product tests per year. Each time the testers participate, TWS will be credited $9. The individual will receive $21-$36 with the option of keeping the funds or signing the full amount over to TWS.

For all interested parties, please contact Nina or Nancy:

Nancy Iskierka 109 - 126th Lane NW Coon Rapids, MN 55448 naiskierka@yahoo.com

Nina Ritchie 8260 West River Rd Apt 209 Brooklyn Park, MN 55444 nina_ritchie@yahoo.com

Please include your friends and family!
Remember - The more people who participate, the more money for TWS!!

Honor your special friendships through a custom portrait by TWS supporter World Portraits by NanC, half of the revenue will be donated to TWS.

Options range from charcoal sketches for $150 to double portraits in oil paint for $1500.18x24" standard size. Portrait to be completed from a photo provided to artist. Pay with order, two week turnaround. Add $15 for insured shipping.

For more details contact:

Nancy Christenson
World Portraits by NanC
PO Box 4521
St. Augustine, FL 32085
(904) 392-8318
portrait@visi.com

Examples provided:

• Dog - Pastel portrait - $250
• Charcoal - $150

TWS works with a recycler, allowing you to help our environment by recycling while generating donations to TWS. For each item received, the vendor sends us a donation, ranging from $.25 to $4.00 on inkjet cartridges.

Recycling is very simple. Email us at saveourwildcats@gmail.com to request prepaid postage mailing bags. As ink jet cartridges become empty, put them in a bag and drop it in the mail. If you have 25+ cartridges or the big laser toners, we supply prepaid FedEx labels you can put on any box and call to have Fedex pick up. If you need more than 50 bags, or need labels or boxes, just indicate how many in your email. The program can grow quickly if you give bags to friends or family and encourage your workplaces and schools to support our program.

A huge thank you goes to those who helped with our wish list items over the summer.

• Stephen Parara donated a Beartracker ATV.
• And many more special people who helped provide TWS with supplies.

This winter our wish list includes:

• Commercial refridgerator
• Fencing installation and materials
• 185 PSI air compressor
• Weather radios
• Treated lumber (2x6s, 2x4s, 4x4s)
• Pool/pond construction for habitats (labor and materials)
• Boulders

If you can donate any of these items, please contact Tammy at 320-245-6871.