Wild Cats In Indiana

Wild cats are solitary territorial animals.

Wild cats in indiana. Feral cats can be found behind homes near businesses and in alleys parks and abandoned buildings. Bobcat Lynx rufus Diet. He was black with faint striping seen in the sunlight.

Little Penny is the sweetest gal. The reduction of feral cat euthanasia has drastically decreased from 600 cats in 2003 to ZERO in 2016 because of our efforts. These low population levels landed them on the states endangered species list in 1969 where they remained until 2005.

Indiana has historically been home to bobcats but unregulated take and habitat loss caused their numbers to drop by the mid-1900s. Bobcats the only resident native wild cat in indiana are common in southern and parts of central indiana and increasing in northern indiana. Theyre in zoos at rescue centers and maybe even in your neighbors backyard.

Meet Penny the sole survivor of the dis-interested mom and grand kitten of Maria Von Trapped from yesterdays story. Feral cats are elusive and do not trust humans. I grew up in rural central Indiana.

There is a white spot behind each ear and white marks round the eyes and mouth. Feral Cats are the wild offspring of domestic cats and are primarily the result of pet owners abandonment or failure to spay or neuter their animal allowing them to breed uncontrolled. And while shes still a bit timid not being used to indoor life shes not feral like her mom and grandma cats.

This rescue operation houses over 170 lions tigers. We are an hour away from Indianapolis IN. I cant say enough about the people who run this facility and the wonders they perform for the abused wild cats they rescue.