Big Cats in California

Charles Paddock

This is the only zoo in the Central coast of california and is known for providing habitat to a wide variety of animals that represent the incredibly diverse life forms. It is also the home to an endangered Indochinese tigress named Sala among other 100 animals.

- Serval Cat
- Malayan Tiger


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Coyote Point Museum

The Coyote Point Museum in the San Francisco Bay area attracts over 75,000 visitors each year and endeavors to encourage kids and families to become skilled observers of the nature and appreciate its pristine beauty. The Coyote Point Museum is famed for a wide array of exhibits, programs, wildlife, and botanical gardens.

- Bobcat



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Feline Conservation Center

Located in Rosamond, California, EFBC's Feline Conservation Center is home to over 70 exotic feline residents. The Feline Conservation Center is an exclusive breeding location as well as a research facility that provides habitat to seventeen different species of cats.

- Leopards
- Tiger
- Cougar
- Serval
- Bobcat
- Pallas'Cat
- Caracal
- Jaguar

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Folsom City Sanctuary

The Folsom City Sanctuary is home to over hundred animals and is frequented by thousands of visitors each year. Most of the wildlife residents are either former pets that are abandoned by the people or are not fit enough to be released into the wild.

- Bobcat
- Tigers
- Cougar

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Happy Hollow Park

Located in San Jose, California, Happy Hollow Park is the first ever wildlife reserve and Amusement Park to receive the prestigious LEED Gold award. Happy Hollow Park is the home to over 140 different animals and provides outdoor adventure for children and families.

- Jaguar

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Lindsay Wildlife Museum

Lindsay Wildlife Museum, based in Walnut Creek, California is a popular museum in the San Francisco East Bay Area and in fact the oldest wildlife rehabilitation centers in the US. Moreover Lindsay Wildlife Museum exhibits over fifty different species of non releasable animals that are native to California.

- Bobcat

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Los Angeles

This habitat provides 1100 different animals comprising mammals, amphibians, reptiles and birds that represent around 250 different species including 29 endangered ones. Its botanical gardens are known for fifteen fascinating collections that comprise 7400 plants of 800 different species.

- Jaguar
- Lion
- Leopard
- Tiger

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Micke Grove

The five acres of Micke Grove are home to a huge variety of native animals that represent exotic species some of which are endangered. Other attractions include a Japanese Garden, a Fun Town, San Joaquin County Historical Museum and picnic shelters in a mesmeric oak grove setting.

- Puma
- Snow Leopard

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The Moonridge Animal Park has been featured in the educational Tv show called 'Big Bear Wildlife' while its other Wildlife Awareness Programs reach over 40,000 people every year. The Moonridge Animal Park supports the Species Survival Plan and is presently home to strikingly beautiful snow leopard named Milo.

- Bobcat
- Serval
- Snow Leopard

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Oakland

This natural habitat is home to over 440 native and exotic animals. It has earned worldwide fame for its newly built interactive exhibits, play areas for kids and preeminent animal housing facilities.

- Bobcat
- Lion
- Tiger

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Orange County

In Orange County there is an eight-acre enclosure whose residents include various animals and plants that are native to the southwestern US. It is located inside beautiful Irvine Park in the city of Orange, California.

- Bobcat
- Mountain Lions

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Project Survival's Cat Haven, located in west of King's Canyon National Park is a riveting park exclusively dedicated to the preservation and conservation of wild cats. The park also provides for enthralling guided tours of some of the rarest species of cats in the world.

- Bobcat
- Lion
- Tiger
- Leopard
- Cheetah
- Serval

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Safari West

Safari West is a popular wildlife preserve that combines wildlife care with the charm of vacation lodging. Located in Sonoma county in California, the 400 acre wildlife preserve is home to over 400 exotic animals including mammals and birds.

- Cheetah

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Sacramento

Nestled on an area of 14.3 acres in the William Land Park in Sacramento, California, it is the home to around 609 animals representing 140 native as well as endangered species. It provides habitat to an enthralling variety of mammals, birds, reptiles, amphibians and fish.

- Jaguar
- African Lion
- Tiger
- Leopard
- Margay

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San Diego

Spread over 107 acres in the heart of San Diego in California, this is one of the largest zoos with around 4,000 animals re[resenting more than 800 species. It is extremely popular for its open air exhibits as well as its conservation research institute that has raised several endangered species like California Condors, Pandas, Tigers, African Black and Rhinos.

- Cougar
- Jaguar
- North China Leopard
- Eurasian lynx
- African Lion
- Malayan Tiger
- Clouded Leopard
- Cheetah

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San Francisco

This location houses a spectacular botanical collection and around 260 animal species- both native as well as endangered. It supports Association of Zoos and Aquariums’ conservation programs known as the Species Survival Plans.

- Snow Leopard
- Ocelot
- African lion
- Caracal

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Shambala Preserve

Experience some of the most exotic animals in the Shambala Preserve that is home to around 60 big cats including tigers, lions, leopards, bobcats, cougars, servals, panthers , liger among others. The Maintained by actress Tippi Hedren’s Roar Foundation, the Shambala Preserve is located in the Acton desert in California.

- African lions
- Siberian tigers
- Bengal tigers
- Leopards -Servals
- Mountain lions
- Bobcats
- Lynx
- Florida panther
- Liger

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The Living Desert

The Living Desert and Gardens is exclusively dedicated to the deserts and has been involved in significant programs including wildlife rehabilitation, breeding of animal and plant species, habitat restoration and environmental education and research. It is also known for its “WildLights" celebration that feature around 275,000 miniature lights lighting up the vivacious holiday scenes.

- Arabian Wild Cat
- Bobcat
- Caracal
- Cheetah
- Mountain Lions

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Wildlife Waystation

Situated within the precincts of Angeles National Forest, the 16 acre Wildlife WayStation is solely devoted to liberating and rehabilitating untamed wild and exotic animals. The Wildlife WayStation is today home to over 400 animals that represent different species of felines, primates, bears, coyotes and canines.

- Lions
- Tigers
- Ligers
- Jaguars
- Bobcats
- Leopards

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