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!