Abby is a female Jungle cat. This is a wild cat species native to the Middle East, South and Southeast Asia and southern China. And certainly not one that belongs in someone’s house as a “pet.”
Abby came to live at The Wildcat Sanctuary in 2007. She was four years old at the time. We’d received a call from a veterinarian working with a Humane Society. She had taken in Abby and soon realized Abby was not just a regular cat. Abby had tried to kill a small dog and needed to be placed in a new home.
The veterinarian decided Abby needed a special home, where she could live to be wild, as she was intended to be. We were happy we could provide that type of home for her.
Life at the Sanctuary
Though Abby is a small cat, she’s still a wild animal. She loves getting her chicken in the morning and will greet the caretakers with little grumbling noises at the gate. She also likes to lounge on her hammock or perch high in her tree, secretively watching the caretakers.
One of her favorite things to play with is a feather toy, but you’d better be quick, because she sure is!
Please read more about Abby’s life in her Memorial below:
Abby was a little cat with a huge will to live. She had been in our comfort care program for several years due to severe arthritis of the spine and rib cage. We were able to manage her pain for quite some time, but we could see her body was slowly deteriorating. She rebounded several times, but we knew her time with us was drawing near, and we had to make the difficult decision in her best interest to let her go.
asserted herself when it was needed or when the right motivation struck. And that motivation usually came in form of a visiting dog – which is why she was surrendered.
soaking up every ray of sunshine. She lived with other cats for many years and could be found sharing a hammock with Kashmir on occasion, but otherwise she was independent.
Staff and interns built her multi-layered hammocks and perches for easy climbing. She received her very own firehose hammock – her favorite place to be the last year. And she received one on one attention from her caretakers and neighbor cat Maximillion, the savannah who lived next door.
