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This video shows our very proud Amur Tiger mum, Ronja, with her three 12 week old female cubs, on the day the cubs come face to face with their dad, Pan! Ronja was never far away, and she was very quick to step in and re-assure with quiet chuffing noises and licks when they got scared but her calm attitude to the whole changing enclosures, and meeting dad, helped her cubs through this very big, scarey, event!

Watch this space to see what the cubs did next! Video taken by

Jackie Thomas at Wildlife Heritage Foundation.

The kittens still enjoy playing on their own inside their house. Tula looks in every now and then to check they are behaving! Watch this space for future updates on this adorable little family, who are getting more inquisitive about their outside enclosure. Video taken by Jackie Thomas at WHF

With three siblings around you can always find someone to play with, and sometimes find unusual, new objects placed in the enclosure to investigate.

Watch this space for future updates on this adorable little family. Video taken by Jackie Thomas at WHF

The kittens like to sit and watch the world go by, either from a hiding place in the bushes or from the top of their rocks, platforms and even their firehose hammock! You can see they are changing their fur colour as they get their adult winter coats, particularly the larger male kitten that is very ginger. Lots of claw sharpening going on, watch out Mr Vet man, they are getting ready for your next visit! They are also still working on their little mouthing actions, but it is still quite silent so far, rather than the little mumbling sound they should make when they chitter.


Watch this space for future updates on this adorable little family. Video taken by Jackie Thomas at WHF

Sometimes you just have to sit and watch the world go by, and maybe pose for a few photos, either on your own or with one or more of your siblings.

Watch this space for future updates on this adorable little family. Video taken by Jackie Thomas at WHF

This video shows our Amur Leopard mum, Xizi, with her 16 week old cubs, during a typical day in their life, causing mayhem in their enclosure!

Watch this space for future updates on this adorable little family.

Video taken by Jackie Thomas at Wildlife Heritage Foundation.

This video shows our Amur Leopard mum, Xizi, with her 13 week old cubs. The cubs are getting bigger and stronger now and are always on the lookout for mischief to get into! You can see in this video that in their play fights they are getting a little rougher with each other. It is lovely to see after they have played so madly that they cuddle up and go to sleep together, normally outside in their tree house, and not so often with their mum in the main house.


The Big Cat Sanctuary is set in the heart of the countryside at Smarden, in Kent. The peace and tranquillity of the site provides a sanctuary and excellent conditions for the successful breeding of the beautiful, yet endangered cats both large and small within the European Endangered Species Breeding http://www.whf.org.uk

Meet two of the the newer residents at BCS (2011), two female Rusty-Spotted Cats, Chan and Nuwara. Female Rusty-Spotted Cats are the smallest of all cat species weighing in at less than a kilo! But these sisters are showing that they more than make up for their small size with their fiesty and lively personalities! They have finished their quarantine and have now moved into their new enclosure, and are having lots of fun investigating it.


The Big Cat Sanctuary is set in the heart of the countryside at Smarden, in Kent. The peace and tranquillity of the site provides a sanctuary and excellent conditions for the successful breeding of the beautiful, yet endangered cats both large and small within the European Endangered Species Breeding http://www.whf.org.uk