Samia came to us at just under a year old from Parc des felins; the zoo she was born. She is a very sweet natured girl and joined the long list of WHF, The Big Cat Sanctuary’s successful first time mums in 2012 when she gave birth to two kittens, Jua and M’wezi. (Jua remains on site with us, M’wezi has moved to another collection).
The serval is a very distinctive member of the small cat family; very slender and long-legged with large oval ears. The colouration of the coat and spotted pattern often leads to their pelts being smuggled into the fur trade and passed off as cheetah. Typically yellowish gold in colour, they can be found to be both melanistic (black) and leucistic (white). However, white individuals have never been noted in the wild and have only occurred in captive populations.
