Educational Blog Archives - Turpentine Creek Wildlife Refuge

Spyke

History Spyke was a melanistic (black) leopard born to Santania and Zambo who were rescued in 2008 from a private […]

Here at Turpentine Creek, our animals eat A LOT. We run through about 600 pounds of meat a day here! […]

Today, we’ll be focusing on servals – an incredible cat that not everyone may have heard of but faces many […]

Lions are an intriguing and mesmerizing species. Being the only social wild cat species in the world, lions live in […]

If you’ve been out to Turpentine Creek Wildlife Refuge, the first thing you’ll see is our gift shop building. We […]

Turpentine Creek Wildlife Refuge has been rescuing animals for over 30 years, and during that time, more than 400 amazing […]

If you know about Turpentine Creek, then you are likely familiar with our cats and bears. But did you know […]

The cat family is known for having amazing hearing. Cats, both big and small, are natural predators, and their sharp […]

At Turpentine Creek, we know tigers well, appreciate their beautiful stripes, and understand why they have them. But there are […]

If the largest “big cat” is a tiger, then what is the largest “small cat”? If your answer was anything […]