What is one surprising fact about Big Cat Rescue?

Big Cat Rescue's founder Carole Baskin never set out to create a sanctuary for exotic cats. In 1992 she owned 45 acres in a remote part of Tampa, Florida and went to a local animal auction to purchase llamas to greenbelt the grounds. While awaiting the llamas to come up for bid, she saw a man on stage carrying a scared young bobcat which was being auctioned off. A person in the audience near Carole was bidding on the bobcat and she asked him why he would want to own a wild cat. He said he was a taxidermist and planned to club it to death in the parking lot and make a den decoration out of it. Carole was horrified and in tears and made sure she was the highest bidder in order to save the young bobcat. The rest is history. - Big Cat Rescue, Big Cat Rescue