Black Leopard Neutered! - Big Cat TV

Whenever you have to treat a big cat, it is a risk. Sometimes they can react poorly to being put under for simple procedures. And don't forget the fact that you are working around a very dangerous animal. We had the chance to neuter Saber the black leopard. And we also took this opportunity to give him a check up, weigh him, and move him to another enclosure back on the tour path were he likes to look at the silly people.
Follow along as Dr. Liz and Scott make it all look so easy.
(Go knock the cat out, neuter him, weigh him, give him a reversal, and you're all done.)
Big Cat Rescue is an animal sanctuary and we do not breed out cats. We spay and neuter our animals just as you should with your own pets. *some surgery scenes may be graphic for some viewers*

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[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...

[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 :(

[AxeVEVO]

Poor cat, now he's a girl.

[Suzys5Sweetkids]

i feel sorry

[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.

[BulletWitch18]

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

[FallingWithNoEnd]

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

[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

[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.