admin Happy 20th Birthday to Bridget.
She is a lovely, gentle-natured Sacred Birman Cat who arrived in 2006 (aged 1 year old).
@ Wild Cats Cattery & home.
Though 20 is a good age, we hope so much this lady will stick around a bit longer with her son Solo (17 this year).
With deep regret we announce the passing of our proud and beloved Sacred Birman cat, Queeny. 27-06-2002/14-03-2025. She will be deeply missed after having been a respected member of the family for such a long time. She for sure is an example for all the animals in our care, age-wise.
A strong-willed but very sweet and gentle cat, a born survivor. We nearly lost her to a critical pancreas infection in 2017,and she was a “stray” 5 days leaving us with great worry in 2019.
Even at the end of her life, when it was really time for her to go, she displayed so much strength and love to us and her many cats & dog friends of which Bridget, who will turn 20 in April too.
To honour Queeny and celebrate her long and happy life, herewith a few photos displaying her grace and beauty at an earlier stage of life (2007).
R.i.p our dearest. We know your spirit we will stay around until we meet again.
That’s the question regarding some species with a lack of genetic diversity. With too few animals and too small a habitat left
(inbreeding!). For the Dutch magazine “Kattenmanieren” an article about this topic.
We hope to have the translation on the websites soon too.
This year, 2024, overall was a very good year for Wild Cats World.
As always people do give some complications – on every level – but we managed again to live through this.
Our wonderful leopard ambassadors, Feline & Felix, with who we started the foundation/NPC, had their 13th Birthday on 7 November and with them we celebrate the Birthday of our sanctuary. Our beloved sacred Birman cat Queeny reached the age of 22 this year and we were very sad having lost our dear Zamba aged 17 at the start of this year, due to kidney failure. Bless them all!
The most amazing moment, of course was for our dear cheetah male Sunny, to become a daddy to 4 gorgeous sons.
We are looking forward to another year dedicated with all we have to the Wild Cats World sanctuary, and wish you all a Happy Christmas and all the best for 2025.
Thanks for your continuous support!!!
On 6 September 2024 we welcomed another four servals from Belgium (& the Netherlands). One female, Amani, and 3 males Archie, Alanis and Alvin.
The servals, like the 8 before them, were all confiscated or captured and brought to the refugee centre in Opglabbeek, Belgium. The servals were illegally used for breeding or kept as ‘pets’. Three of them were confiscated in Oostende, of which one appeared in someone’s yard after having escaped. The fourth one was from Dilbeek.
The other servals we welcomed earlier this and last year, were from Gent, Dilbeek, Wondelgem, Houyet and Dordrecht. With these four, the number of servals we currently offer a permanent home to is 17, but we already received a request to welcome and keep more servals in the (near) future. All servals are doing well and very much enjoy their new home in a much more natural environment.
We are very happy to be able to give them the life they deserve, possible in co-operation with:
Natuurhulpcentrum Opglabbeek
FlyFauna, Belgium
WeCare program Qatar Airways
Pride of Africa Wildlife Solutions