Big Cat Zoo Illinois. Feeding them, training them and sometimes sleeping with them as babies. Patrons are encouraged to get up close and personal and hand feed the farm animals too!
The peace and tranquillity of the site provides a sanctuary and excellent conditions for the successful breeding of the beautiful, yet endangered cats both large and small within the european endangered species breeding programme. Inside the barnyard you can meet and greet with cute and cuddly goats, llamas, chickens and emu. The big cat sanctuary is set in the heart of the countryside at smarden, in kent.
You can visit cheetahs, jaguars (spotted and black), leopards, lions, tigers, white tigers, servals and ocelots.
It is not illegal to own a caracal in the state of illinois, though similar animals, such as leopards, ocelots, jaguars, lynx, bobcats, and cheetahs, are prohibited, according to big cat rescue. An illinois mother and her child were severely injured after they were both brutally mauled by an exotic feline in an illinois residential neighborhood on sunday. “ this is the oldest privately zoo in the country,. Reservations are by phone only.