Purr-sonality
(Serval)
DOB 1/1/1995

Purrsonality and her littermate Frosty were born at Big Cat Rescue of breeders Daisy, bought for $2200 from breeder John Aynes of Oklahoma and Mufasa, purchased for breeding at Lolli Bros Auction for $2,000. Remember, BCR has advertised for years that they are devoted entirely to abused and abandoned big cats.

Unless you believe that you buy cats from private breeders and auction to breed more cats which you then exhibit to the public for money while asking the public to sponsor them or donate money for their care, these 4 cats, Purrsonality, Frosty, Daisy, and Mufasa were not rescued.

The Evolving Stories

Wildlife On Easy Street 1997

"a female Serval with White Footed Sire born here on 1/1/95. She came by here name honestly, as she would crawl from the den at the sound of Don's voice to greet him. She is curious and rowdy, but quickly warms up to humans."

Wildlife On Easy Street 1999

"Purrsonality was born on Easy Street. She came by her name honestly, as she would crawl from the den at the sound of Don's voice to greet him. She is curious and rowdy, but quickly warms up to humans. She is a mischievous cat and once even got her head stuck inside a ball!"

Big Cat Rescue 2006

"Because Purrsonality was born into the pet trade she will never know the freedom of living outside of a cage in this lifetime.  She silently speaks to you of Armadillo's medicine because Armadillo is trapped within his own shell when he acts from fear of rejection. Vulnerability is the key to enjoying the gifts of physical life.  If you allow yourself to feel you are open to a myriad of wonderful sensations.  You can use the shield of Armadillo to deflect bad energy and open up your soft underside to genuine exchanges of kindness, true compliments and a sharing of your inner being.  Let down your armor lest your fears become your jailer.  You will know when you are doing the right thing, whether is is communicating, painting or expressing yourself in so many creative ways.  Purrsonality can only live free through your expression of the Oneness of life. "

Big Cat Rescue 2007

"As with many of the servals we have at Big Cat Rescue, PURRsonality seems to enjoy the daily attention she gets from her volunteer keepers.  She eagerly plays with any enrichment items that are given to her to break up the monotony of life in captivity. She can be seen batting spice bags around and rubbing and rubbing them until the scent has completely disappeared. As with most of our servals, this is the type of playful, non-threatening behavior you’ll see from them during the daytime. But, feeding time is a whole different story.  The minute food is involved; these diminutive little cats become dangerous carnivores.  PURRsonality is no exception.  Though servals are often touted as great exotic pets, nothing could be farther from the truth.  Ask many of our keepers and they will all say the same thing: they’d much prefer feeding the larger tigers than these little wildcats like PURRsonality. Looks can be very deceiving!"

Big Cat Rescue (present)

"As with many of the servals we have at Big Cat Rescue, PURRsonality seems to enjoy the daily attention she gets from her volunteer keepers. She eagerly plays with any enrichment items that are given to her to break up the monotony of life in captivity. She can be seen batting spice bags around and rubbing and rubbing them until the scent has completely disappeared.As with most of our servals, this is the type of playful, non-threatening behavior you’ll see from them during the daytime. But, feeding time is a whole different story. The minute food is involved; these diminutive little cats become dangerous carnivores. PURRsonality is no exception.
Though servals are often touted as great exotic pets, nothing could be farther from the truth. Ask many of our keepers and they will all say the same thing: they’d much prefer feeding the larger tigers than these little wildcats like PURRsonality. Looks can be very deceiving! 

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Most of our servals were rescued from people who got them as pets and were not prepared for the fact that male or female, altered or not, they all spray buckets of urine when they become adults. Some were being sold at auction where taxidermists would buy them and club them to death in the parking lot, but a few were born here in the early days when we were ignorant of the truth and were being told by the breeders and dealers that these cats should be bred for “conservation.” Once we learned that there are NO captive breeding programs that actually contribute to conservation in the wild we began neutering and spaying our cats in the mid 1990’s.  Knowing what we do about the intelligence and magnificence of these creatures we do not believe that exotic cats should be bred for lives in cages. Read more about our Evolution of Thought HERE"