The people who created wildcat hybrids such as Jean Mill (the Bengal cat) and Paul Casey (the California Spangled cat) did so in order to allow people to be closer to nature. These cat breeds allow people to see nature … Continue reading →
The strange and exotic big cat hybrids such as the tigon and liger, which fascinate many people, may be creating unforeseen emotional issues in their female parent. Until this article I have only discussed the appearance of hybrid big cats … Continue reading →
The message on the Instagram page of Friends for Life Rescue Network is that Rosalie has been adopted. She was rescued from the streets apparently as she came into Orange County Animal Care “severely hypothermic and dying. We pulled her … Continue reading →
Friends for Life Rescue Network in Los Angeles have rescued a couple of kittens that were known to have the Manx, tailless gene but they are also American Curl and Rex cats in my opinion. They appear to me to … Continue reading →
This is a cute Vietnamese puppy who’s been described as a cat-dog hybrid but with tongue in cheek because it is genetically impossible. However, his character, his derp face, stature and dense grey coat allows people to pretend that he … Continue reading →
There have been many claims that a cat is a bobcat/domestic cat hybrid. Sarah Hartwell, a cat genetics expert says, ‘No modern alleged bobcat-domestic hybrid has been proven by DNA testing’. Although she presents an ambivalent picture about the existence … Continue reading →
THIS IS THE UK LAW ON KEEPING WILD CAT HYBRIDS AND WILD CATS. FOR MOST CAT OWNERS YOU ONLY HAVE TO KNOW THAT YOU DON’T NEED A LICENCE FOR F2 AND LOWER (i.e. F3) SAVANNAH AND BENGAL CATS. UPDATE 27-MAY-2020: … Continue reading →
This is a picture of a Sphynx cat hybrid by which I mean a hairless cat crossed with a normal domestic cat, probably a random bred cat. The cat lives in Russia. I believe the cat is a rescue cat. … Continue reading →
A University built an enriched environment for cats in a contraceptive vaccine research study. This is a novel and welcome approach to using cats in research programs. We are used to seeing cats in cold, sterile environments and killed at … Continue reading →
Comparing purebred and hybrid could apply to many species but I’ll use cats as an example. Purebred cats have a pedigree which means that the cat’s father and mother, grandfather and grandmother, great grandfather and great grandmother and so on … Continue reading →
