Custer

Custer is a northern bobcat, as you can tell from his silvery, thicker coat. He's younger than the rest of the bobcats, not even two years old! Ornery!

Tia

Tia is in the back of the main building, and shares space with Custer. She's really sweet, too, but let's Custer know that she's in charge!

Urases

Urases is at the other end of the front of the main building. She had a broken left front arm and her previous owner didn't get the proper care for her, so now she has a bend in her arm. As she's getting older, we think that arthritis may be setting in and making it uncomfortable for her. Understandably, she doesn't like people very much, but she still gets the same love and affection as any other cat here!

Kuna

Kuna lives next door to Bobaloo. He is so sweet, and lets me play with his tail and scratch his neck and shoulders through the fence, but he doesn't really let Rick touch him!

Bobaloo

Bobaloo is the first bobcat you see when you walk into the main building. Her roommate, Bob, was the founding cat of Butternut Farm. Bob passed away in November, however, from old age and kidney failure. Look at that SWEET FACE!!!

Shawnee

Shawnee is another resident female mountain lion. She's got a quiet demeanor, but loves to get scratched through the fence!

Deja

This is Deja. We think she's got Florida Panther in her! Her face is a little more triangular and her coloring is lighter, almost gray. She's still a sweetheart, though! Her and Shawnee live together in the same enclosure.

Leptailurus serval

The Leptailurus serval, or African wild cat, is the only cat at the sanctuary NOT indigenous to North America! It's range stretches across central and southern Africa. Usually acquired as pets, these cats prove to be too wild to keep like domestics and most people can not care for them adequately. That's how we got three of them!

Not currently listed as an endangered animal.

Lynx rufus

The bobcat, or Lynx rufus, lives across North America and Mexico. It is closely related to the Canadian lynx, and shares the black tufts of the tips of it's ears, though the tufts are much smaller!

It is another cat that is not currently listed as endangered.

Lynx canadensis

The Canadian lynx home terrritory stretches across Canada and Alaska, as well as the northern part of the United States.

It's fur is thick and silvery in color with darker stripes or spots.

Puma concolor

The home range of the mountain lion (Puma concolor) extends from northeastern Canada down to the southern tip of south America. Though once widely spread across most of north America, it survives mostly in the west, and some pockets in Florida. It is not currently listed as an endangered animal.

Puma concolor means cat of a single color. Their coloring is typically tawny brown, though there will be variations in shades. As kittens, they have spotted fur with rings on their tails.

Mercury

Mercury is another female mountain lion that lives in the same enclosure as Ayla. Mercury and I love to chase each other up and down the fence of her enclosure, and she loves to roll onto her back and play with her feet!

Ayla

Ayla is one of the female mountain lions. She is incredibly friendly, at least to me - she doesn't really like Rick very much. She and Mercury share an enclosure together next to Toby.

Kisa

Kisa is the resident female Canadian lynx. She is much more friendly than Montana! Lynx fur is so thick and amazingly soft! When she has her winter coat on, I can bury my hands in her fur and they are instantly warmed! She is missing the tuft of black fur from her right ear, possibly from an entanglement with Montana!

Montana

Montana is our male Canadian lynx. He and Kisa, our female lynx, are the only two cats at the sanctuary who are not spayed/neutered. We are in high hopes that they will breed and produce a couple of cubs. He has tufts of black fur on his ears, and is a true male, not allowing anyone near him whom he does not like!

Beast

Beast is an African serval, aka African wild cat. He's about the size of a medium sized dog. Servals LOVE to hiss! I think they are absolutely beautiful!

Shadrack

Talk about a big cat! Shadrack also has the most beautifully lined eyes, they would make any woman jealous!

Toby

This is Toby. He is one of the very large male mountain lions here at the Farm. It's hard to convey in pictures how large these cats can get. We've all seen pictures of them in books or magazines, or seen them on television, but without any kind of size reference, you never really know their actual size! Video will come soon, and I will try to get myself in the photos somehow, as these cats are huge!

Butternut Farm Wildcat Sanctuary

The Butternut Farm Wildcat Sanctuary is a 501 c non-profit sanctuary that houses mountain lions, bobcats, lynx and servals, as well as a fox, pure wolf, and three kudamundis. There are also a few domestic cats. All of the animals here are non-releasable into the wild, and will spend their lives here at the sanctuary. Some of them were/are privately owned, some are rescues. They are all unreleasable into the wild, as they are declawed from private ownership, some have been abused/mistreated, and they have no way of fending for themselves having been around humans their entire lives. They are, however, still wild animals and can definitely cause some serious harm! They also have the capacity to show great love!