Our Cats & Their Stories
Wichita Cougar
Wichita arrived in 2019 from a facility in California called Wildlife Waystation. Their Board of Directors had voted to surrender the facility’s California Department of Fish and Wildlife permit voluntarily and to close the facility. The facility had suffered through two wildfires and a flood. Overall, we rehomed 15 cats from Wildlife Waystation. Four pumas, six tigers, and five lions were brought to the rescue center over two trips coordinated by the foundation Tigers in America and a fellow rescue, In-Sync Exotics out of Wylie, TX. Wichita’s mother and sisters also came from WIldlife Waystation. He originally lived with his family, but soon did not get along with them. In the wild, most cats live solitary. With the exception of African lions, most cats leave their parents around 2 years of age when they start to reach sexual maturity. Wichita is an active boy who is still getting a feel for life around the bustling center. He wasn’t sure about straw when he first arrived, but now he uses his nice warm den box just like our other cougars/pumas/mountain lions.
