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Lion at Big Cat RescueNIKITA  Lioness

DOB 2/3/01


Nikita was found chained to the wall in a crack house during a drug bust in Tennessee. Because she had been confined to a concrete floor, she had huge swellings on her elbows that took months to heal.  She was so thin that you could carry her under one arm.  She would only eat white rabbits, so she had a plethora of nutritional issues to deal with as well.  The authorities took her to the Nashville Zoo at Grasmere, but she had been declawed and could not live with the zoo's other lions.  They had to find a new home for her, so we received the call. Big Cat Rescue agreed to take Nikita in, as well as three other Bobcats who all arrived on 11/30/01.


Nikita has flourished under our care.  She has grown into a tall, lanky, healthy lioness.  She’s extremely playful and loves to roll on her back and grab her paws or try to do somersaults whenever she has visitors stopping by to talk with her.  She shares a very close relationship with our Director of Operations, Scott Lope. She will “lope” across the entire length of her huge cat-a-tat chasing after him whenever he’s anywhere in the area.  Though we wish she had the freedom she deserves, we’re so happy that she survived her earlier ordeals to enjoy the blissful days we try to provide for her here.

 

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