Black Leopard Neutered! - Big Cat TV

[AxeVEVO]

Poor cat, now he's a girl.

[Suzys5Sweetkids]

i feel sorry

[FallingWithNoEnd]

haha anyone else notice they called the tiger saber when his name bafore was snorkel

[BulletWitch18]

@FallingWithNoEnd they have more than one tigher but they look the same

[MONEYAINTATHANG100]

DR WYNN - The Panther Keeper!

[inbetweentics]

the music was actually more distracting - i know you're trying to show a lighter side to it, but it's distracting for the video for educational purposes

[alikala]

poor leopard :(

can't you send them back to the wild ?

[BigCatRescue]

@alikala Unfortunately not, this is for many reasons, cats are very rarely released into the wild. Our cats would not be candidates for release anyway, they are cross bred and/or inbred, we cannot trace their genetic history, they associate people with food and lack any real hunting skills, they would become nuisance animals and would not survive or be good to introduce their genetics to wild populations...

[figueroa61389]

I understand the need for altered animals in captivity. i rescued a white Russian timber wolf (Katie) she was only three months old, some people we met through my space thought they wanted one for a pet.. i don't recommend this at all.. we only didn't spay her because we found a breeding program willing to take her off our hands at 2 years of age, we had her paper work which made it easier to locate a program. its a lot of work.It is rare that we got so lucky.

[orangedac]

nooooooooooooooooo....

[Fahad1422]

u guys are evil..ur not saving the cats

who gave u the right to take away their sex life by GOD given testicles..

i want to neuter u.

[messymelon39]

@Fahad1422 not trying to be rude but they only have so much space and over 100 animals. If they did allow it they would be paying a lot of money and might not even be able to take care of them all.

[shewolf51]

@Fahad1422 They are hardly evil. If you listened to their reasons for spaying and neutering the animals, it would make sense. Among the many reasons, they're often unsure of the cat's genetic history or unable to trace it. If 2 cats are in an enclosure together then they may be related (an unwanted birth would result in an inbred cub). Such poor genetic health would not help save the species at all. Not to mention the limited space they have there. Just let the experts look after the cats.

[Wawaweewaj]

man thats messed up!!

[emmettaddict17]

is it safe for the leopard to have a surgery in the open area ?

[BigCatRescue]

@emmettaddict17 Yes, because this isn't an invasive procedure, it is easier and quicker for us, plus less stressful for the animals to wake up in his enclosure rather than our hospital :)

[loveable699]

let the leopard feel like a male leopard not a babyless bitch.plus isnt the black leopard rare for its beautiful color .they should let the leopard  mate with a female and let them have a beautiful baby for the leopards sack

[BigCatRescue]

@loveable699 Neutering Saber will give him a more pleasant life in captivity, plus we could do other tests etc...while he was sedated. Black leopards are not a rare species of cat they are just melanistic and we don't breed at BCR this would just had to the problem of big cats living in cages :(

[loveable699]

let the leopard feel like a male not a black a babyless bitch

[Vlaxitov]

Thats understandable, thank you very much for the quick response and good explaination.

[Vlaxitov]

Why would you neuter a black leopard? Are they that abundant that its justifiable? What benefit is there to doing it?

[BigCatRescue]

@Vlaxitov Our cats are not eligible to be part of the species survival plan, neutering our cats gives us the opportunity to to a full check up at the same time and the neutering helps calm the cat down to give them a more pleasant life in captivity. Black leopards aren't a separate species of leopard, they're simply melanistic.

[wgay22]

how much does these black dawgs cost these fasho are cooler than my dawgs.

[joe85043]

beautiful cat!

[rx8malta]

is black leopard and black panther same mammal?

[BigCatRescue]

Yes, there's no such thing as a black panther they are always a black leopard or jaguar, people just call them panther sometimes. Panthera pardus is their scientific name which is where it comes from :)

[b4igetu]

So are all these animals from people who thought it would be cool to keep a tiger as a pet then realize it isn't so cool when it costs $125,000 a year to feed them. Or are some of them rejects from captive pairs or orphaned in the wild.

[BigCatRescue]

Many of our cats are former "pets", which like you said many people think it would be cool, or they can "train" big cats and make them more domesticated but this never works and they grow fast, eat, a lot, require specialist vet care and will kill you if they feel like it so they are abandoned. We have a few florida bobcats that were hit by cars etc... and unable to rehab for release to the wild and cougars that were orphaned by a hunter, plus fur farm rescues, retired performing cats etc... :)

[HunterHunter88]

imagine if he was jsut pretending to be out :P...

[BigCatRescue]

Yeah...SURPRISE, RAWR!!!!!

[CougarBloom]

"Yeah...SURPRISE, RAWR!!!!"

*His genitals rip off in the proccess*

[copetill]

I know you guys are top notch and I have much respect for what you guys do, but why outside instead of a lab? Just curious...

[BigCatRescue]

It's a simple procedure, not as invasive as a "spaying" for example so very minimal chance of infection etc... Then the cat will wake up in familiar surroundings so less stress on the animal and the staff because we don't have to move him back again when awake!

[LionGoddess1]

alot of men in need of neutering too..

[pimprenath]

smile...I like the tiger's reaction..."Hey where are you going with my friend ?!!!!!"

[BigCatRescue]

He'll be back before you know it......most of him anyway :)

[BeN790450]

Hahahahaha great song choice! "You lost that lovin feelin"

[BigCatRescue]

Yeah, you've got to have a sense of humor to get through the long days out here!

[ginia100]

i love sabor ^.^ haha hes a big version of my wittchcraft kitty puppy ^.^ (except im pretty sure sabor dosent play dead and faallow his owner everyware and scratch like a doggy xD)

[BigCatRescue]

You got that right!

[ginia100]

haha hes soooo cute though haha i want him,can i have him pleaseeeeeeeee?????? *gets on knees and begs*

[BigCatRescue]

He's cute most of the time, but sorry we want to keep him :)

[ginia100]

fine fine keep him,but i loverz him!!!

[ubercanadaproduction]

yah go chop off some endangered animals balls. no wonder

[poop0800]

they take the balls out...eeekkkk

[BeNGALi4LFE]

watching this made my nuts feels uncomfortable....lol

[AnkokuKesshou]

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[vickiormindyb]

What kind of person has a leopard as a pet?

I wish they could have seen that video we had to watch of a leopard that attacked its keeper.

I don't think they'd want to keep a leopard as a pet if they saw it.

[Starbuckfsd]

They are a rescue you dumbass twat!

[lironess]

I think she was talking about the original owner being an idiot...but I could be wrong.

[crock703]

aw, nuts.

[asgher786]

would those cats bite you if you try to pet them

[BigCatRescue]

Definitely! Maybe not the first time or second time if you're lucky but they will get you in the end!

[indigoblue555]

I can't get if you BCR basically disagree with any program of breeding focused to save endangered species (with no pets' business involved obviously) or if you aren't spotted

to such a target just as a choice due to all org.and managing problems which would arise

if that kind of job got started.

Sorry for my poor english.

[ak78au]

Why did you neuter the leopard? Arent they rare so you should be trying to breed them??

[BigCatRescue]

ak78au, The main reason for neutering Sabre was to make him less aggressive, when he could smell female leopards at the sanctuary. Also it gave us the opportunity to give him a full check up, weigh him and then move him to e new enclosure. There is no breeding program in the world that breed big cats to be released back into the wild, the best form of action towards saving a species is to protect their habitat and the cats themselves.

[ak78au]

hmm, actually not true. I know of at least one breeding program whose aim is to preserve the species and eventually release them in the wild. Do a search under tiger re-wilding.

I thought you guys were breeding the snow leopards no?

I think we should be breeding all endangered big cats with the aim of releasing them in the wild. Its better than risking losing them completely.

[BigCatRescue]

There might be a couple of programs that do breed cats with the intention of releasing them back into the wild. But the amount of time and effort it takes to do this is a big factor.

We don't do any breeding at Big Cat Rescue, the less cats we see living in cages the better, I'm gonna check out the tiger re-wilding program, where is that based?

[briczar22]

I know of the S. China project and they have produced one cub and it is hoped that his offspring MIGHT have a chance to go somewhere once they get enough land set aside in China.

But this leopard is not in any accredited breeding program and is not a purebred species. So this is the right thing to do given the huge amount of unwanted big cats there are here in the US.

[CattyCatRanch]

Hmmm. In the description, you write, "Dr. Liz and Scott make it all look so easy."

Well, neutering boys IS easy. How thoughtful Mother Nature was to make male gems so . . . accessible. (;^)

No intention here to diss Dr. Liz's skills & education. I could neuter a boy - but I'd need her drug use know-how to do it humanely. (;^)

[CattyCatRanch]

Hey, doesn't Saber at least get a popsicle?

Oh, wait, he didn't get his tonsils

removed, did he? (8^(

Well done video - thanks!

[CattyCatRanch]

So who's the snot who picked the music? LOL!!

[tuktukskagal]

Loved the captions;i agreed with Sabre!

What a beautiful cat;its markings are extraordinary.

[comickitty]

Who picked the soundtrack?

[BigCatRescue]

That would be former staff member, Brian, he's got a good sense of humor! I think?

[supersandor]

Poor sabre. I'm surprised you didn't at least take him indoors to do that.

[BigCatRescue]

Supersandor, the procedure is so quick and the cat wakes up very soon afterward, so moving them inside would just be more trauma and more time to have to keep them anesthetized. Sedation is the most dangerous part of big cat surgery, so we minimize it to protect the cats. He is much happier and healthier now that he isn't always thinking about female leopards he is never going to have.

[supersandor]

Well, I have heard that they're really bad at regulating their body temperatures under anesthesia and quickly become hypothermic, but I was thinking more along the lines of doing it under more controlled conditions indoors to prevent for instance flies from landing on his exposed flesh and doing what flies do when they land on exposed flesh! One of the reasons I generally eat my food indoors. Couldn't you lead him indoors on a leash and sedate him inside? Or was he too aggressive for that?

[Zianexx]

Great. You're doing some good work helping cats.

[MrSunny29]

Don't Laugh u r next.. that was funny.. nice video

[BigCatRescue]

MrSunny29, THANK YOU for your comment.

[teresaveg]

3:07 (top of his head), 3:47, 4:12 you can see his spots. Coolest black big cat thing I have ever seen.

[awood333]

Hello,

As a veterinary Technician it was interesting to see its the same that we do everyday - just bigger! Keep up the good work and thanks for sharing that with us!

[BigCatRescue]

Awood333, Thank you for your comment.

[teresaveg]

At a certain camera angle I actually saw his spots. So cool. Ha ha at Brian. Very educational.

[BigCatRescue]

Teresaveg, aren't the spots beautiful? Yes we all laugh at/with Brian.

[TheGameroomBlitz]

You got him in 1992? I imagine that he'd be an impotent old coot by now, even without the neutering.  These cats only live for fifteen or twenty years in captivity, right?

[BigCatRescue]

There are more reasons that just one for neutering the cats. Each of the cats stories are posted on the website which will include the dates they arrived here. Also on the website you can find the reasons why we alter the cats. If you can't find the answers let me know and I'll answer them on here for you.

[onekinkstar]

Hall and Oates sing "you've lost that lovin' feeling" but this big-o fuzzybutt didn't lose it, it was taken! No, stolen! Seriously, after being 'fixed' are these big cats any calmer? How old is this beautiful guy?

It's a damned shame he has to be there and not in the wild, but it's a blessing your place exists to keep him from suffering due to someone's selfish ignorance.

Thank you for your hard work, and for posting these videos.

[BigCatRescue]

This video has sure gotten a wide variety of responses and emails. All the details about this cat can be found on our website.  Go find his story on our website and then come back here and post what you found AND send me a message (YouTube email) with the link to the webpage on our website that you found the information and I will send you a free leopard photograph.

[lisole]

Beautiful big black kitty!

Too bad about the surgery but, I envy the fact that he got 300mgs. of Cat food! Poor lil buddys in a K-hole. . .I know how he feels. ha

[chiikiita]

I want one!!!!They are so Beautiful!!!!

[poppinbot]

they are beautiful! but I hope you understand what BCR is all about and why they're here in the first place!

[chiikiita]

Well yeah but i still want one:]

Lol They are sooooo Cute:D

[EdudLufetips]

why would you guys play upbeat music and use 'fun' font and colors to supplement a video of you performing surgical procedures on an exotic animal's genitalia?

[BigCatRescue]

Good question. Some of our videos are in a serious mood, and others not so much. Yes the procedure and the over all situation of the sanctuary is very serious. BUT if every video was made that way people wouldn't be as interested in them as they are.

[BankheadBoyCool]

i'm glad humans don't go thru that coz if someone cut my balls off, its on shawty.

[EdudLufetips]

we should. increasing human population + decreasing energy sources = human population control! we're nothing but mammals, if we think its cool to do this stuff to other impressive animals and play catchy music during the process we should 'neuter' ourselves to bruce springstein

[BankheadBoyCool]

are u serious their is plenty of space on earth 4 us but not 4 other animals especially dangerous ones and u should get neutered 4 saying that.

[EdudLufetips]

first of all i was kidding.

second of all, HUMANS are dangerous (ask all the animals that we're causing to go extinct), and there is not "plenty of space" for all of us. sooner or later, people like you will realize that we cant just keep destroying forests and other habitats to make space for ourselves forever.

[BankheadBoyCool]

people like me correction i don't support people who destroy animal habitats and yes we are dangerous because we are smart, there is a lot of space 4 all species

[1Rachaul]

I dont understand why you and anyone that gets the chance to go some ware and see and help these type of animals think your alone your not go to the schools go to the colleages where the people are trying to make a difference in there life give us the oportiunity to help to not just look .... your not alone your just not shareing the op to go and help or chance to realy love them tooo.

[BigCatRescue]

We help out by letting people come to the sanctuary and we give money towards feline conservation. Dragging a cat to a school for some promotional show doesn't save the species, it would only stress out the cat.

[EdudLufetips]

arguable. it's human attitude that threatens feline species. we reject what we are afraid of. without weapons, these animals would eat us, and we don't like it. hunting and poaching are only cocky methods of showing we have some sort of sick control over the world, and while we may, it doesn't make it right. teaching kids that these animals are to be respected and preserved in the long run is well worth one curious cat that has a weird day traveling.

[BigCatRescue]

In teaching respect, we beleieve the children and adults can come to the cats home and see them. We don't see much respect in carting the animal around. It is really up to the local people of the cats to let them be. For instance, we can teach all we want in the US about lions, but if the local African kids don't want the lion around or value it, then it wont be around. Usually people bring animals around to make money and or to avoid showing their real living spaces.

[1Rachaul]

why would you do that , besides angry is what he sould be . you have the chance to save them and be near them , teach the world go to the schools go to the colleages where people wish they had a chance to see or get the chance to do some thing for them too , you not alone you just want to be ...

[BigCatRescue]

Not sure what your point is. By simply letting these big cats live out in the wild and protecting their habitat is the best way to save them. People have and will support conservation without having to touch a cat, get their picture with them or own them. We post these videos and offer tours to help educate, but the cats always come first.

[loolypop70]

wow i want toog et nuterd lmao!! cut my balls off too =]

[ZacharyB]

Funny choice of music! Thanks for working hard Big Cat Rescue.

[lavena26]

i bet he woke up like wtf then oh noooo those bastards got me

[BigCatRescue]

Yep, he wasn't happy after waking up but Saber is still a good friend to all of us. He got over it fast :)

[googleabuse]

I Hope Nobody Got Paid For Cuting those off. That Pissed me Right off!!!

[shyanha]

Why would it tick you off? This is an animal that cannot be returned to the wild and won't be used for breeding. With neutering he will be less aggressive which means he will be easier to take care of while in captivity. He will also face less aggravation as he won't have those urges to reproduce, meaning his captivity will be more bearable for him.

If you want to be ticked at someone, try aiming it at the moron who thought it was a good idea to have a leopard as a pet.

[allysia02]

Here Here. Good response!!!!

[Doomsday900]

aww gross

[lionpaladin]

Although you don't want to add to felines in captivity, why not use them for sperm samples, freeze, and add to genetic stock for places who need the genetic variety in zoos or places around the world who DO breed to help the survival of the species out there, or send them to places where they can breed in places who want them to breed.

That would be much better than rescuing them, fixing them, then just caring for them until they die.

[lionpaladin]

*continues*

I'm all for rescuing them from abuse or from places where they shouldn't be kept as pets, or from being abandoned, but you could at least do something rather than snipping away every potential chance for more genetic diversity.

You could argue that the genes are somehow 'not needed', but they are, in some way, shape, or form.

I couldn't finish watching this. Such a waste.

[BigCatRescue]

Our cats are mostly from the over bred pet market. There are zoos breeding around the world and trying to keep the genes, and freeze them. These places wont call on a place like ours to help out as they know of the over population of what we have in captivity. The problem for any big cat is habitat to live on. Every cat you see in a breeding program is going to live its life in a cage and die in a cage. There is a surplus of many of them in zoos. Some fall through the cracks and end up with us.

[spikeyfreakboy]

iv Neutered 5 calves in one day...it took like 4 people to do this.........i got the job to hold the hind legs and if i let go, 3 guys were going to kick my ass...lol, but i got to see what was happening up close and personal...did you scrape...or did you just pull...pulling is less to no blood...see ya later

[BigCatRescue]

From what i saw it was more pulling and very little blood at all.

Glad to hear you did your part and held the legs.

[spikeyfreakboy]

thank ya...what your email address...im interested in wildlife reserve, and preservation...maybe we can talk or somthing...i live in texas...rockwal county, what state do you live in?

[spudishy]

:O

Why are they neutering an ENDANGERED species.

[BigCatRescue]

Read above to find out why or watch the "why we spay" video. Thank you.

[kreo45]

cuz it more barable for them to live in capitivity and there wer bred by humans =)

[clinicalobservation]

I actually watched this a few times before my little boys went in to be neutered. It gave me a better understand of what they were going to go through. Thank you...It's a good thing you are doing.

[BigCatRescue]

I have never really watched the procedure until I filmed this. It is a simple one, and I am glad it helped you out.

[andymillerisdabest]

arguements aside, it's going to be bloody confusing for that thing. he goes to sleep then when he wakes up, he's going to be like "shit, where's my balls? I'm sure I left 'em here"

[BigCatRescue]

play nice people...

[EdwardVirtually]

luckytigerlady54: for someone who debates about things she feels are important and claims she supports others' rights to hold opinions and to dislike hypocrits, your dismissive comment reflects poorly on you.

[nadiacalat]

Just like Sabre the tiger, I refuse to watch it any longer. I know you guys do your best to offer your big cats better life conditions BUT... As a cat lover and owner myself I have an issue with neutering animals. Male humans have a certain tendancy to urinate on walls in town...what about neutering them? why not?

Many male humans encounter difficulties to breed...what about neutering them, too? ;)

[kaysandesses]

"As a cat lover and owner myself I have an issue with neutering animals."

All pets, except legitimate breeding stock should be neutered at the appropriate age. Un-neutered male cats have a much higher frequency of a variety of diseases, than neutered cats.

[EdwardVirtually]

See "sex for pleasure" and "autoeroticism" in the Wikipedia entry on "non-human animal sexual behavior" to understand the true nature of the act being filmed. It is being performed for the convenience and sadistic pleasure of humans -- reflected in the choice of music and the captions in this video -- at the cost of reducing the quality of life of the animal.

[BigCatRescue]

OR..we could be trying to control the over population of non SSP exotic felines in the animal industry. And we could be providing a better quality of life for the leopard as he is not going to breed so it is much better being fixed, just like one does with a domestic cat. The procedure and our care is VERY serious, but when making a video we sometimes add a little fun to the animal world. Can't please them all :)

[neuterable]

interesting definition of overpopulation.

[luckytigerlady54]

EdwardVirtually...get a life.

[lironess]

Animals suffer when the mating imperative kicks in and they are not allowed to mate. There is no way that it is safe to allow them to mate and then have an abundance of even more unwanted animals. And even if you do vasectomies then the females have false pregnancys and fixate on objects in the desire to raise the non existent young that their hormones are telling them to care for. Too much suffering all around. I see this comment is old but I think this is important to know.

[Nyctus]

LOL the Hall and Oates was perfect for a neutering. Poor kitty lost that lovin' feelin'

[capnquack]

I read all the comments you've made but I don't see the answer to my question - why do you neuter a cat that really has no chance of breeding anyway? Even if he got out of his cage, the chances he would find a compatible mate are very slim - is it simply to make them more docile?

[BigCatRescue]

Somewhat more docile. It is just also a healthier life for a cat that will live longer in captivity to be fixed. And at times when we have a fixed cat we can see if they can share a cage with another.

[Luzy21]

I think it is better for this cat being "neutered" in captivity, than being afflicted with his appetite and adverse effects.

[meticulation]

i know its a sanctuary, but um shouldnt you release the cats back into the wild or is there a reason to keep them there or will you eventually put them back into the wild?

[BigCatRescue]

Good question. There is no way to release these cats back into the wild. They were born in captivity and people raised, so for us to fly over to Asia look for open habitat (which is hard to find) and release this leopard would be a 100% death sentence for it..so we do what we can to keep it content with its cage.

[meticulation]

ah ok i thought the cats may have been captured from the wild at first, nice to know you're giving them a place to stay:D

[aira9art]

this saddens many...why dont you consider making friendship farms all over the world with these animlas...could be a solution...this wasy many people and municipalities would contribute funds to your society

[morgan5450]

i got neutered :(

[aira9art]

this was ur decision...

[BigCatRescue]

A lot of people ask this..and we go into it in our Snow Leiopard Species spotlight. The felines we deal with are former pets or unwanted cats. THeir genes are not important in the survival of the species. The SSP plan help in accredited zoos are the only ones breeding for conservation. And at this time there still hasn't been a way to release big cats into the wild. So sanctuaries should not breed, as this would be only adding to the over population problem of cats in captivity. Thanks.

[maxi1049]

God bless you guys for what you do!!!

[Bonhomie88]

Wow, can that be done to humans also!!!

Line er up fellas!!

[Bonhomie88]

But arent they endangered?, wouldnt it be good to breed more?

[job1181]

Man that poor tiger, he had that look on his face that said "Umm what are you doing to him...? oh dear god...god no!... that's not suppose to come out!"

[BigCatRescue]

Thanks for your concerns, our DVM (who is very good) and our general manager (who also has a medical back ground from the military) both were there, and i doubt they would act in an unsterile environment, nor do anything risky for the cats health. The procedure has been done this way before and is a lot less stressful on the felines. Months later now, Saber is doing great in his new enclosure! We would never do anything to harm our felines.Thanks again for your concern.

[DominikAlexander]

Oh yes and "OMG. Yes! Sterile un-opened air surgery hasn't been used in the billions of years on this earth."

God I hate ignorant people who think they even have a clue what they're talking about, when they absolutely do not.

[dwlnk]

No living organism should be denied of the right to reproduce...

[Bonhomie88]

Even cockroaches??

[SusannaEOB1]

Wow, that was a great video, showing how much care really goes into owning one of these beautiful animals!

[TCall2004]

Any cat or dog not using in breeding should be neutered or spayed.

It also extends their lives.

[dps17682]

who told u that?

[jaromo7]

NOOOO! Mack!!

[Kakarot20007]

Poor Groggy kitty :)

[LaWannaJones]

You guys are hilarious. What a choice in songs. Your out takes are great (cutting to the other cats in the video). Who else could take such a serious thing and make it humorous. All of you are BCR are the greatest. Sabre is one of my favorite cats. HUGS to each of you for taking such top notch care of him!!