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Domestic cat home range in Australia

Home range (territory) size of ALL cat species from domestic cat to tiger

This is a comparison of the size of home ranges (their territory) of the cat species which includes the domestic cat, feral cat and all the wild cat species. It answers the question as to how big the home ranges are. Although within the domestic cat population there will be huge variations due to circumstances …

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Cigarette lighter flame placed under the nose of a captive tiger to make them lift their head

In Thailand tigers have lighter flames put under their noses to force their heads up for selfies

NEWS AND VIEWS: In a crass example of animal cruelty in Thailand, Lady Freethinker has exposed the objectionable practice of stuffing cigarette lighter flames under the noses of tigers to force them to lift up their heads for pictures with tourists. It’s unimaginable and not only is it a violation of animal welfare laws in …

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Mike Tyson being interviewed on a podcast

Mike Tyson on insights into living with tigers and mountain lions

In a videoed podcast, Mike Tyson – puffing away on a spliff and clearly high to a certain extent – discussed what it was like to live with three tigers and then a mountain lion. His interviewers were also on cannabis. He doesn’t like talking about himself because it makes him feel uneasy. And he …

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I spent $500,000 on a baby tiger today and we are not the same

He claims he spent $500k on a baby tiger

Gavin Mayo on Twitter said: “I spent $500k on a baby tiger today. We are not the same”. Here is the video accompanying those words. So, what do you think? Stupid show off unconcerned or too ignorant to realise that his very expensive tiger cub came from somewhere. What about the tigress-to-cub bond? That’s been …

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Dominant stare to prevent a tiger or lion attack

Lion and tiger can regard humans as dominant which is why staring into their eyes can stop an attack

Lion and tigers, the two biggest cats have the ability to regard humans as dominant if humans stare into their eyes when under attack by either. If a human stares like this is signals dominance and the cat is taken in by it as it seems they have the ability to perceive us as dominant. …

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Putin fits a tracker to the over tranquillised Siberian tiger that died when returned to a zoo

Putin’s PR stunt with a Siberian tiger caused the tiger’s death

We know that Putin is obsessed with looking like a macho man. It is part of his attempts to look like a strong, imperialist leader. And he has taken many opportunities to polish this image such as riding horseback topless and playing with big cats. He’s said to be an animal lover but is very …

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