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What do we eat

Diet is also extremely important.  The carnivores eat over 12,000 pounds of meat each and every month!  This is equivalent to 10-12 cows!  Each lion and each tiger need 30-40 pounds (and sometimes up to 100 pounds) of meat every day.

WHERE DOES THE MEAT COME FROM?
The animals receive help from local farmers who donate cows, horses, and calves that have died from natural causes.  The PA Game Commission and Penn Dot bring road-killed deer.  Some of the felines and other carnivores are given rodents.  Even with this help, food must be purchased for the animals.  Not only is feeding a carcass diet natural for the cats, it also provides enrichment by allowing the cats to show natural behaviors.

Animal Food Consumption Chart

You can see that the animals really can eat!

The following chart is shows the food consumption and cost for feeding the animals for one week.

Weekly Animal Food Consumption and Cost
Species Food in lbs Cost $1.00 per lb
Bobcat/Serval 40 $40
Cougar/Leopard 100-150 $120-150
Lion/Tiger 200-250 $200-250
Fisher/Fox 25 $25
Coyote 25 $25
Bear 100 $20
Deer (herd) 150 $50

You are their hope. Help us to feed these hungry animals.
Please contact us...

(570) 837-3377 or Email tdscats@uplink.net.


DO WE FEED LIVE ANIMALS?
No live animals are never fed to the carnivores. Though that is what they would live on in the wild, they are not in the wild and do not have the skills needed to hunt their own food.

HELP FEED THE FELINES and other animals at T&D's!

Our expenses vary from year to year depending on how many animals call T&D's home and the amount of donated food. In 2005, between $1,500.00-$2,000.00 a MONTH was spent for food.  You can HELP by sending a donation, contacting us if you are a farmer, and spreading the word! 

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We can not continue our efforts without help from the public. The animals need generous
people,like you, to help provide food, large enclosures, enrichment, and veterinarian care.

Help feed these cats

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You will need our email (tdscats@uplink.net) when using PayPal to insure that the animals receive your donation.
Or you can send a check to the address below.  Thank you!

T&D's Cats of the World - Wild Animal Refuge
P.O. Box 186, Mountain Road
Penns Creek, PA 17862

tdscats@uplink.net            570.837.3377
Website Updated on June 10, 2007

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