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Domestic Cat to Wildcat Comparison and Changes
I recently wrote about how the domestic cat will change over the next thousand years. I was mainly thinking about the domestic cat's cognitive abilities....
Cecil the hybrid wild cat? who wants to live with us
Very tongue in cheek I decided to refer to 'that cat' who was coming around in the early mornings and howling on our patio as Cecil.
I just came ...
What Eats A Cheetah?
"What eats a cheetah?", is a question that quite a large number of web surfers ask. To be completely honest it is a slightly basic question and the answers ...
Wild Cats Four Decades Earlier
I was born in a remote village of South India as my Mother hailed from there and as per the custom the expectant mother visited her parents for the ...
Why Owning Exotic Cats Is Wrong
This is controversial, I suspect. It goes against the thoughts and principles of the Feline Conservation Federation of which I am a member. However, I ...
Black California Wildcat?
About ten years ago, I was on a bike ride with my father and sisters and saw the strangest feline.
We were riding through Bidwell Park in Chico, CA,...
Wildcats As Pets
Personally, I disapprove of wildcats as pets. Many Americans in particular will disagree with me. I accept that and am in no way critical of people who ...
Nebraska Legislative Bill 747
The Nebraska Legislative Bill 747 is deeply flawed. It has been drafted and promulgated by people who have little concern for nature or wildlife and ...
Unknown Florida Wildcat
I saw a large strange cat in 1988 in port St.Lucie/Stuart fla. - My wife saw 2 of them. I have tried on many occasions to identify this cat
This was ...
Western New York Sighting of Unidentified Feline Animal
While hiking in a swampland nature preserve 2 years ago with a friend, we happened upon a cat-like animal (appearing approx. 45lbs.) that was slowly moving ...
The wild cats need lots an lots of help
I think the wild cats need lots an lots of help. The population of wild cats are decreasing and they need help.
I love cats so, so, so, so, so much ...
Cheetah Semen Is Much Worse Than Domestic Cat Semen
Yes, the sperm of a cheetah, the fastest land animal on the planet, is much worse than the sperm of the common domestic cat, the companion animal that ...
Why Farmers are Killing Cheetahs in Namibia
Lack of governmental regulation is not the cause of the dwindling numbers of cheetahs in Namibia. Namibia is a HUGE and sparsely populated country; therefore ...
I had a cat eaten by a bobcat when it stayed outside
One night I was on my computer and went to my back porch because I heard a screeching noise. At first I thought it was my cat. So I called it inside my ...
Lion Mane
Comprehensive facts about the lion mane are listed here. The mane of the lion is perhaps the best known single piece of wild animal anatomy other than ...
Circus Tigers
About 40 years ago only a few people gave a second thought as to whether circus tigers were a bad thing. The world has changed and people are becoming ...
Leopard Cat Approaches a Camera Trap
I feel jealous looking at images of lovely cats in action on the Pictures-of-cats web site. The wild cats are not so crazy to be photographed, at least ...
Tale of Two Tigers
I recall, it was the first week of January this year (2009) when myself with two of my colleagues from Wildlife Trust of India – Anil, a biologist and ...
Leopard Facts
Leopard facts should be succinct, easy to read and be a summary of the subject matter and that is what I have endeavoured to do here. I have been selective ...
My Pet African Wildcat
I have a female African wildcat that was born in Saudi Arabia. My brother was stationed there and captured her parents, as kittens, in the desert outside ...
Anime Tiger
What is Anime Tiger? Before the internet no one had heard of anime except the under 15s and Japanese people. Now “anime” is all over the ‘net and even ...
The Tiger That Killed
I was at the zoo & this tiger was looking at me like if as i was dinner!.....Then it go in its leaping position so backed up & it saw me moving trying ...
Tigers for Sale
What do people think about tigers for sale? Are you upset, appalled or OK about it? Is it a bad thing or acceptable? What is bad about it? How is an individual ...
Living With And Understanding Servals And Caracals
In a previous short story I revealed that I rescued exotic cats ( Caracals Can Communicate with Their Ears ). Well, I never in my life thought that my ...
Stories of Tiger Hunting
Here are some stories of tiger hunting from the past; from a time when it was considered “normal” to hunt tigers for the fun of it. They are extracts ...
Cat Eats a Bird
When a cat eats a bird it will sometimes pluck the bird’s feathers beforehand. That, though, is a simplistic statement because it seems that it is more ...
How Fast Can A Cheetah Run?
How fast can a cheetah run? This is a question that often arises because the cheetah is the fastest land animal on the planet. Sometimes a little bit ...
Clever Cat Conservation
Here is an example of clever cat conservation. It seems to me as if it is a piece of enlightened lateral thinking. The cat concerned is the snow leopard,...
Bengal Tiger Population
The Bengal tiger belongs to the world. It always did and more so now that the world Bengal tiger population is estimated at 1410 (or is it 1411?). That ...
I joined the Feline Conservation Federation
I joined the Feline Conservation Federation (FCF) and I am very pleased to have done so. I’d like to tell you why and also how you can join at a big discount....
Lion Meat
Lion meat is a hoax to drum up business. That is my opinion. Or is it? This is how I came to know about and track the lion meat story. But first I want ...
Endangered White Tiger
The endangered white tiger is either extinct or practically extinct in the wild and in practice endangered in captivity. This is not a rare sub species ...
Baby Tigers
Here's some pictures and facts about baby tigers. Tigresses are very cautious and protective about their cubs. Tigresses will risk their lives and have ...
Siberian Tiger Habitat
The article discusses the Siberian tiger habitat . This tiger is also called the Amur tiger, Manchurian tiger, or Ussuri tiger. It is a rare subspecies ...
Wildcat Hybrids
Here is a useful (?) list of wildcat hybrids taken from a list compiled by Australian researchers whose intent (as I see it) was to formulate an argument ...
Caracals Can Communicate With Their Ears
Many people don't realize that before I owned my famous boy "Motzie" I used to rescue, safe-capture and relocate exotic felines. Yes, I am talking about ...
Silvery Wildcat
I was walking along a cycle track with my dog, when I turned around and saw a large animal walking along, I stopped and looked in amazement and thought ...
White Tiger Habitat
The white tiger is not a separate species of tiger. Its habitat is, therefore, the same as the other tigers. Except, and this is a big exception, there ...
Is Big Cat Rescue a Sham?
I made a post about Big Cat Rescue (BCR) 9 months ago. I said I admired the work of Carole Baskin (formerly Carole Lewis) the founder. BCR was called ...
Mountain Lion
Years ago while hiking in the Red River Gorge I got to a rock outcropping and saw something the size of a large dog sunning itself. As I approached, it ...
Unidentified black 40lb cat in Arizona
Recently driving through rural northern Arizona. Observed a large animal crossing the road, when I got closer I saw that it was a very large cat thin cheetah ...
Kodkod Conservation in the Valdivian Forest
This article is based on one of a similar title by Maximiliano A Sepulveda, A Eguren and E.A. Silva-Rodriguez, published in the July/August edition of ...
Employing Dogs to Protect Cats
Employing dogs to protect cats is a sensible bit of wildcat conservation. It is the kind of wildcat conservation that I like. The opposite behavior and ...
Margays and Mayans
This is about the possible domestication of the margay wild cat by the ancient Mayan peoples during the classic period, circa 250 AD to 900 AD. We know ...
Show Your Stripes For The Tigers!
Our school mascot is a tiger. Well we read up that tigers are endangered. So we set aside a day that we would go to a Zoo that held tigers, wearing stripes....
Domestic Wild Cat
I'm currently doing some research on domesticated wild cats. There are 2 main areas that I'm looking into:
Cats and their owners - how they trained ...
Malayan Tiger
You won’t find the Malayan tiger in the best book on wild cats, Wild Cats Of The World by the Sunquists because it didn’t exist when they wrote the ...
South China Tigers
Nov. 2009: Are south china tigers extinct? That must be the first question. Well the best people to ask must be the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species™...
Indochinese Tiger
The Indochinese tiger is a subspecies of the tiger that has, apparently, the greatest genetic diversity of all the tiger subspecies. However, taxonomy,...
Puma Cats
Puma cats are being conserved in Brazil in the Iguaçu National Park. I would like, if I may, to refer mainly to the report of Anne-Sophie Bertrand MSc ...
Caspian Tiger
I am not going to write a lot about the Caspian tiger because it is an extinct tiger that never existed . Other names are: Hyrcanian Tiger, Turan Tiger....
Leopard Subspecies
This is a list of leopard subspecies. For completeness I have also included wildcats that have in their name the word “leopard” although these are different ...
Snow Tigers
Snow Tigers? People search for this. But there is no such creature. Or put it this way, there are no tigers with that formal name. Maybe people are searching ...
Albino Lion
In discussing the Albino lion you have to discuss white lions and the genetics behind white cats generally. This is because there are possibly four ...
Socialites Are Killing The Sumatran Tiger
I say that socialites are killing the Sumatran tiger. A completely defamatory statement you might think. But in case you haven’t read about it, you will ...
Tiger Penis
I think the Chinese are switching from the tiger's penis to Viagra to cure their impotence. Hurray! Long live the tiger. However this information comes ...
Tiger Poaching
The description of tiger poaching actually covers a myriad of murderous intentions against the tiger and its survival. Technically, the word, "poaching"...
Cougar and Human Behavior
There is a nice story in the Huffington Post about insights into cougar behavior. Its actually about cougar and human behavior. Scientists were researching ...
Serval and Domestic Cat Together
Hey, hows it going? I own the Serval & Domestic cat you showed on this page "http://www.pictures-of-cats.org/wild-cat-species.html". You should also show ...
The Pesticide Furadan in Africa
I just read about the pesticide Furadan in Africa on a website that I like Ofcats.com. Well, when I read about this pesticide and how it is killing lions ...
Bengal Tiger Habitat
This article on the Bengal tiger habitat looks at where it is and what it is. I also discuss the wildlife found in this habitat. When discussing this ...
Origami Tiger
The origami tiger is a popular piece of origami for the simply reason, I suspect, that the tiger is the worlds favorite animal . I suppose an origami ...
Difference Between the European and African Wildcat
There is a "family" of wildcats; small and looking like the domestic cat. This short post is about the difference between the European and African wildcat ...
Do We Want Wildcats?
Do We Want Wildcats? This might sound odd to many people. Most people would say, "Yes", of course. But our worldwide, collective actions, taken as a ...