Shatia
(Deceased Canadian Lynx)

Shatia was purchased for $450 on 6-26-93 at the Woods and Waters Auction in Delphos, Ohio at a few weeks old. Carole had her declawed as she did most of her cubs. In her WOES Safari guide Carole tells us, "She was raised in the house and has the best house manners of any exotic we've known, but she was moved to a pen with two other tame Canadian Lynxes when she came into her first heat in 1995." Unless you believe that it is ethical and honest to buy cats from auctions, declaw them, raise them in the house as pets, and then exhibit them as rescues for donations, Shatia was NOT a rescue. 

Wildlife On Easy Street 1997

"a female Canadian Lynx born 5/17/93 came to us on 6/26/93 from a game farm in Ohio. She has Cardio-Myopathy which is something of a hole in her heart, so she will never be as big and beautiful as the other Canadians, but she has a lovely disposition. Although declawed on all four paws, she can climb any tree by leaping up to the first branch and then climbing like a monkey, wrapping her oversized paws around each branch. She was raised in the house and has the best house manners of any exotic we've known, but she was moved to a pen with two other tame Canadian Lynxes when she came into her first heat in 1995."

Big Cat Rescue (present)

"Shatia came to Big Cat Rescue from a game farm in Ohio. She has Cardio-Myopathy, a heart condition, so she will never be as big and beautiful as the other Canadians, but she has a lovely disposition. Although declawed on all four paws, she can climb any tree by leaping up to the first branch and then climbing like a monkey, wrapping her oversized paws around each branch. She was raised in the house and has the best house manners of any exotic we've known, but she was moved to a pen with two other tame Canadian Lynxes when she came into her first heat in 1995 and began, as they all do, to spray bucket loads of urine on everything. She now lives in  a huge pen next to  Dances With Wolves. The pen has a magnificent old tree as its centerpiece!

We tried introducing them back together but they didn't get along and we had to separate them again.  They seem to like each other best as neighbors, rather than room mates."