Wild Cats In Indiana

There is a white spot behind each ear and white marks round the eyes and mouth.

Wild cats in indiana. Facts information about the Big Cats. In west central Indiana you can find a unique and exciting attraction - the Exotic Feline Rescue Center in Center Point IN. We are less than 3 hours away from Chicago Illinois.

IndyFeral is a nonprofit 501c3 organization which serves as a resource for caretakers of stray and feral cats in central Indiana. Fewer than 2500 individuals are thought to exist. Canadian Lynx Lynx canadensis Looks like.

More than a dozen people in Indiana have state permits to keep a total of 14 tigers leopards bobcats cougars and servals as pets. Indiana has historically been home to bobcats but unregulated take and habitat loss caused their numbers to drop by the mid-1900s. Community cats do not easily or may never adapt to living as pets in close contact with people.

Then venture into the realm of the smallest of big cats - the Clouded Leopard in the jungles of north east India. Some people as the stories in Davids book demonstrate suggest that perhaps the ABCs were escapees from zoos etc. Top Wild Big Cat Species found in India are Tiger Lion Leopard Jaguar Snow Leopard Clouded Leopard Jungle Cat.

His neck was bigger than a grown mans hands could reach around. Meet Penny the sole survivor of the dis-interested mom and grand kitten of Maria Von Trapped from yesterdays story. Community cats are not accustomed to contact with people and are typically too fearful and wild to be handled.

Little Penny is the sweetest gal. I grew up in rural central Indiana. The european wildcat felis silvestris is a small wildcat species native to continental europe scotland turkey and the caucasusit inhabits forests from the iberian peninsula italy.