The ocelot is a medium-sized species of wild cat. “Species” means a type of wild cat that is different from the others. Its coat is beautiful. People have killed this cat so that they can use its skin and fur to make coats. Hundreds of thousands of ocelots have been killed for this reason. …
All the white tigers in all the zoos have the same great, great, great grandfather. His name is Mohan. As a young white tiger cub, Mohan was caught in Madhya Pradesh, India in 1951 by a king whose name was Shri Martand Singh of Rewa. The place where he was found is now a special …
This is a page full of fun cat facts for kids with a picture of some of the stars of these cat facts. The facts are about domestic and wild cats. Sometimes facts are not that certain. Kids should know that 🙂 The world’s most popular companion animal (a pet) is the cat. We …
The domestic cat in your home is very much like a lion in the way he behaves. They are the same in many ways. The lion, though, is much bigger and lives in the wild, away from people, unless, of course, the lion is in a zoo. The biggest lion, at about 476 pounds, …
This is a short essay on wildlife conservation for students – probably more senior students. If you like it, or parts of it, feel free to copy or use it in any way you wish under a creative commons license. The purpose of wildlife conservation is to protect wild flora and fauna against the …
This is another page in the cat facts for kids series. The British Shorthair is a popular breed of cat. Today (2012), for a British Shorthair cat to be a cat breed his parents and grandparents and so on have to be British Shorthairs as well. Also all the names of the cats in …
The margay is a species of wild cat. By “species” people mean a particular sort of wild cat. Wild cats, as you can guess, only live in the wild. In this way they are different to domestic cats because domestic cats live in homes with people. However, except for where they live, wild cats …
The Maine Coon cat is a very popular breed of cat. “Breed of cat” basically means that all Maine Coon cats have parents, grandparents and great grandparents who are also Maine Coon cats and all the names of the cats are written down in a book or on a computer by people who are …
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