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Come along with Carole Baskin and Lisa Spencer Novak to get up close and purr-sonal with Jasmine, Simba, Max & Kimba the tigers, Jinx the black leopard, Zucari, Ginger, Kricket, Sheena & Servie the servals, Gilligan the Canada Lynx and Frankie & Shiloh the bobcats and Loki the savannah cat.

This morning during feeding Keepers noticed that Bailey Bobcat was sitting in the high grass, holding up her front paw and hurling insults at Moses. He was growling back even though he usually takes her ill temper in stride. Afton called me to come help and by the time I arrived she had nets, a squeeze cage and Keepers; Angie, Becky and Dylan at the ready.Bailey is one of our most aggressive cats and the situation was even worse because she shares space with a bobcat who is very protective of her. Thankfully, Afton and Becky were able to lure Moses into his feeding lockout, since he wouldn't go across the sky bridge to the far side of their cage. I sent Dylan in first to block the den entry and the rest of us brought in the catch cage and nets. This is my first time netting a cat, wearing a mask and glasses and with each breath the glass would fog over and I'd lose sight of her.She ran into the den, but was caught in Dylan's net as Afton rushed in behind her with a second net. Between the lot of us we sandwiched her between the three nets and scooped her up to the squeeze cage, but she was SOOOOO mad at us she wouldn't turn to see she could escape us into the cage and just wanted to lunge and swipe and bite at us. Becky ran for a sheet to cover the cage, but before she got back Bailey had figured out the best place to be was in the transport and out of the nets. The rest you can see in the video. Sorry, I didn't have an extra person for filming earlier.Dr. Justin has been consulted and Bailey is on pain meds and antibiotics and we are watching her on a live camera to see if we can get a better look at her without her smacking her paws against the side of the cage. Stay tuned... and remember that your monthly support here on Facebook as a .99 cent per month donor helps us provide medical care to our precious cats. See the big blue button on our FB page for details.