[COLOR=blue]I run an exotic animal rescue and wildlife rehabilitation center in Eugene Oregon. I am currently applying for non profit status through the IRS. I have many rescued animals.

My bengal cat Houdini I found in the playground with a family who had just bought her.The family knowing that Bengals are leopard hybrids mistakingly thought she was tougher than she really was.

I caught the family throwing the kitten up the kiddy slide just so they can watch her slide down. In all this she sufferd a contusion. I asked the poeple why they would ever do that to an animal and they just said they thought she was strong enough to withstand it. I asked if the kitten was theirs (which it was) but they lied and said that she didn't belong to them.
This was a purebred Bengal cat and show quality. I couldn't understand why someone would spend 3,000 dollars on an F2 Bengal and then abuse it like that. I scooped the cat up off the ground and took her home. I returned to the families house the next day and they confessed the cat was theirs. The lady admitted that she had gotten the kitten because it was considered an exotic and she just wanted something different.

The lady handed custody over to me along with the kittens papers and pedigree. She is very beutiful and has since become a grandma. I chose to breed her because I felt that I could improve the Bengal line through breeding her. She has been in 6 shows and has placed 4 times. her name is Houdini. I am not a profit breeder and no longer breed my Bengals. Houdinis daughter Cheetah just had a litter 7 weeks ago and that will be my last litter. All of my last litters (two) all went to family and I kept 3 of them. I fell in love with that type of cat and now I rescue them.

I just rescued 7 kittens from a backyard breeder. I also have a male up for adoption right now. He is such a charater. Don't get me wrong about breeding. I know what I am doing and not just breeding because I wanted my cat to have a chance to experience birth. I am not like that. I am supposed to get two more Bengal cats in tomorrow from the local Humane Society.