If you gave someone an African wildcat as a pet, how would they know it wasn’t a regular house cat? By far the greatest difference between these two cats under the circumstances would be their behavior. Although you can see … please continue reading
Too often a failure? Can a serval make a good pet? I believe that I’m qualified to answer the question despite never having a serval as a pet. I know that some people do keep servals as pets, particularly in … please continue reading
The African lion is endangered. Pretty much everybody on the planet knows it. It is caused by habitat loss due to commercial expansion funded by the Chinese, poaching for body parts and retaliatory killings by farmers. The African lion is … please continue reading
This may be a sign that a lion or lions in Kruger NP are suffering from pica. Either an individual lion or some members of a pride of lions are gnawing on visitors’ car tyres causing them to explode. This … please continue reading
The Times reports that tigers, lions and hyenas were used in the torture of political prisoners in today’s Ethiopia. One thinks of medieval times and barbaric torture methods but no, according to the current prime minister of Ethiopia, Abiy Ahmed, … please continue reading
This is a picture of a caracal being killed by a leopard. I have no details but it would have happened in Africa because the caracal lives there and the larger cat has to be a common leopard as this … please continue reading
We don’t know when ocelots were discovered because it happened at a time before science and record keeping was developed and the classification of the species had taken place. You’d have to go back perhaps hundreds of thousands of years … please continue reading
Do mountain lions eat wolves? Mountain lions a.k.a. pumas do not eat wolves because wolves live in packs and are too dangerous for a puma to attack. Studies strongly indicate that wolves trump the mountain lion when it comes to … please continue reading
A mountain lion wandered into a home in Boulder, Colorado, sat down and looked like he was watching television. He licked his lips. He had just eaten the family cat, Klondike. There is no evolved agreement between all cats that … please continue reading
Do bobcats attack dogs? According to the best reference book on wild cats1, the bobcat does not attack dogs although this medium-seized, iconic, wild cat species does prey on domestic stock including sheep and goats. However, bobcats are good climbers … please continue reading
