Not Your Ordinary Housecat: Big Rescue AnimalsHere, very big kitty-kitty! Animal lover Patty Perry lives with an African Serval Cat and rehabilitates exotic creatures on her 12-acre California ranch

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Volunteering at a wildlife center 11 years ago inspired Perry to open her facility in 2007. But why? "I don't know," she admits. "I think we're just sort of led to do things in life – we're given our specific gifts."