The Wild Animal Sanctuary - Texas

The Wild Animal Sanctuary - Texas We provide a permanent safe haven for exotic animals that have been abused, abandoned or neglected.
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We wish to thank all of our supporters who helped support our Texas Sanctuary for so many years. The facility has a lon...
01/30/2025

We wish to thank all of our supporters who helped support our Texas Sanctuary for so many years. The facility has a long history of caring for rescued Lions, Tigers, Bears, Wolves and many other species of exotic animals. However, with the facility being so small and surrounded by development, we were unable to expand and improve the enclosures for the animals - so we have chosen to relocate our animals to massive natural habitats at our two Colorado sanctuary locations. Many of the amazing animals that lived here with us now have incredibly natural spaces to live in with others of their own kind, so we are very happy for them. If you would like to follow them in their new locations, please follow The Wild Animal Sanctuary's main page or visit their website at wildanimalsanctuary.org.

12/28/2024

Don't forget to join us for our garage Sale today from 10am-3pm!!

12/23/2024

Update: RESCHEDULED DUE TO THUNDERSTORMS.
We are going to be closed on Thursday due to the incoming storms. But open on Saturday from 10am-3pm.

Big Garage Sale!!
Several items to sell. Includes desks, beds, tables, maintenance items, groundskeeping equipment and more! Come check it out. Dates and Times listed below.

Dates and Times:
Sunday, December 22nd from 11am-2:00pm.
Monday, December 23rd from 12pm-5pm.
RESCHEDULED - Thursday, December 26th from 12pm-5pm.

NOW SATURDAY 12/28 from 10-4PM

Address:
3901 Hwy 114
Boyd, TX 76023
(You will want to come to our back gate down PR 4245 just west of our main entrance)

12/20/2024

Update!! RESCHEDULED
Closed Thursday. RESCHEDULED to Saturday 10/28, from 10am-3pm.

Big Garage Sale!!
Several items to sell. Includes desks, beds, tables, maintenance items, groundskeeping equipment and more! Come check it out. Dates and Times listed below.

Dates and Times:
Sunday, December 22nd from 11am-2:00pm.
Monday, December 23rd from 12pm-5pm.
Thursday, December 26th from 12pm-5pm.

Address:
3901 Hwy 114
Boyd, TX 76023
(You will want to come to our back gate down PR 4245 just west of our main entrance)

A nice cool morning made for some sleepy bears! Papa Bear got very comfortable using his brother as a pillow.
10/22/2024

A nice cool morning made for some sleepy bears! Papa Bear got very comfortable using his brother as a pillow.

For today's we are featuring ShereKhan. We hope that everyone has a safe and wonderful weekend!
10/20/2024

For today's we are featuring ShereKhan. We hope that everyone has a safe and wonderful weekend!

Beautiful Princess enjoyed today's sunshine and cool weather Happy 👅
10/18/2024

Beautiful Princess enjoyed today's sunshine and cool weather
Happy 👅

If you guessed Ocelot on yesterday's post, you were correct! Ocelots are primarily a light in color (almost golden) with...
10/15/2024

If you guessed Ocelot on yesterday's post, you were correct!

Ocelots are primarily a light in color (almost golden) with white-ish fur on the belly. They have an arrangement of black or brown spots over their body. Ocelots have 2 stripes down their cheeks and bands of black rings on the ends of their tail. How beautiful!

10/15/2024

Dear Supporters,
We wanted to bring to your attention a recent increase in fraudulent activity on our social media pages. Scammers are attempting to impersonate genuine users by leaving comments on your posts. These individuals may try to engage you in conversation, often using familiar language or references. Please be cautious and avoid interacting with anyone you do not know personally. These scammers aim to obtain your personal information. We are diligently working to identify and remove these harmful accounts.

We have also reported this issue to Facebook and are awaiting their response. In the meantime, your vigilance is crucial. If you encounter suspicious activity, please report it to Facebook and do not interact with them. We value your support and love for our organization and are committed to ensuring a safe and positive online experience for all.

Thank you for your understanding and cooperation.

🥸Guess that animal!What species has the beautiful pattern pictured below?
10/14/2024

🥸Guess that animal!
What species has the beautiful pattern pictured below?

KiKi is enjoying her relaxing and sunny Saturday
10/12/2024

KiKi is enjoying her relaxing and sunny Saturday

10/09/2024

Jaina and Dahlila are doing so well at their large acreage habitat at the refuge!

Rio is one of the beautiful ocelots that calls TWAS-TEXAS home. Ocelots are considered endangered in the state of Texas....
10/06/2024

Rio is one of the beautiful ocelots that calls TWAS-TEXAS home. Ocelots are considered endangered in the state of Texas. There are believed to be less than 120 ocelts left in the state.

Lucky was patiently waiting for his meal this morning ❤️
10/02/2024

Lucky was patiently waiting for his meal this morning ❤️

Happy Sunday from Willie!
09/29/2024

Happy Sunday from Willie!

Happy Saber! We got in a donation of wagyu bones for the big cats. Bones are a great way to help them with both dental h...
09/27/2024

Happy Saber! We got in a donation of wagyu bones for the big cats. Bones are a great way to help them with both dental health and digestive health.

09/26/2024

Bear ASMR - Scamp eating his breakfast 😋

09/24/2024

KiKi playing in her pool

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3901 Highway 114
Boyd, TX
76023

Telephone

(254) 826-6500

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Bear ASMR - Scamp eating his breakfast 😋

KiKi playing in her pool

Even though the grizzlies have a pool out in their 4.5 acre habitat, Wendy and Papa Bear love nothing more than a relaxing cool down with the water hose on hot days 🧡💜

KiKi grooming her habitat-mate ShereKhan 💛

Volunteers of TWAS-Texas!
Volunteers of TWAS-Texas!

If you are interested in joining us to help the incredible animals of TWAS-Texas, join us by volunteering! Volunteers can help us with sorting, storing and prepping the animals diets and much more! Please send us a message for more information. Thank you so much to Roast Me Coffee Co for making this wonderful video, coming out to volunteer and hosting an incredible fundraiser for us! We and the animals are very grateful for all that you have done!

Papa Bear loves his new pool! #heatwave #keepingcool

Karen is keeping cool in the pool

Blue and Gold Macaws have a bite force of about 250lbs per square inch of pressure. Watch in this video to how easily Juru breaks open his Walnut. (Volume up to hear the cracking!)

Kobe and Loki enjoying their dinner. Some of their fruit was put inside a rotating puzzle feeder, which they figured out very quickly!

Cute video of Papa Bear captured by our maintenance team! This warm weather is perfect for a swim.

Yesterday was #nationaldonutday🍩 and our Volunteer Coordinator celebrated by bringing donuts for everyone, including our bear residents!

Sneaky Lady and Bobby eating their meal

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The purpose and goals of The Wild Animal Sanctuary-TEXAS (also known as - IEAS) are to provide a permanent sanctuary for exotic animals that have been abused, abandoned, neglected, confiscated, or previously owned by people unwilling or unable to provide for these magnificent beings. Additionally, TWAS-TEXAS educates the public through school programs, tour lectures, support for conservation programs, and public appearances about the value and worth of these sensitive, intelligent and perceptive animals, so that their future, as an important part of our world, is insured. We are committed to strengthening and promoting conservation education and other avenues to foster conservation in which we can participate. Our major goal is to give the resident animals the best quality of life we can give them in captivity through our Enrichment Program, which deals with the well-being of each individual animal and its individual needs. We do this to give each animal the best life it can have in captivity, and by understanding what is required to achieve that goal.