New Paltz, NY - New Effort Launched to Save Catskill Game Farm Animals

New Paltz, NY - The closure of the Catskill Game Farm last month left three African lions, three mountain lions and a black panther with no new home.

Now, Wildlife Watch in New Paltz has arranged for them to spend their remaining days at the Wildcat Sanctuary in Sandstone, Minn. But the problem is Wildlife Watch needs $25,000 to make this all happen.

The organization needs to raise $5,000 to transport the animals to Minnesota and another $20,000 to erect these local cats a shelter, said Anne Muller, president of Wildlife Watch. "If we do not come up with the money, the sanctuary will not be able to take them," Muller said.