Picture of a black panther walking along the roof of a building in Armentieres, near Lille, France

Black panther on roof in France

This is a genuine black panther. It is not that big because the cat is 6-months-of-age. The cat is a melanistic jaguar or leopard. It is more likely to be a leopard. The cat was owned illegally by a French person and has been captured and tranquillised. ‘Black panther’ does not describe a species …

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Do jaguars live in India?

Jaguars not in India

Do jaguars live in India? No, jauguars do not live in India. They live in Central and South America and perhaps a very few along the border between the US and Mexico in New Mexico. A cat which is very similar to the jaguar, the leopard, lives in India. FOR MORE ON WHERE THE …

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Jaguar’s forest habitat burnt up in barbecue briquettes

Supagrill barbeque briquettes

This is another depressing story about the destruction of the world’s ancient forests. I recently wrote about old Swedish forest being used to make toilet paper and today I’m going to address the destruction of tropical forest inhabited by Jaguars in Paraguay to make briquettes for barbecues in the West. So when you’re grilling …

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At least 150 black panthers at large in Britain!

Black panther

This is the extraordinary headline (or words to that effect) in the Daily Star online newspaper. Black panthers are big cats. They are usually melanistic jaguars or leopards. Therefore, the headline suggests that there are a large number of very dangerous big cats wandering around the countryside and suburbia of the UK terrifying residents …

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How much do jaguars eat?

How much do jaguars eat?

The question in the title specifically asks how much jaguars eat not what they eat and therefore I am going to focus specifically on that point. There are many pages on this site about jaguars. Please use the custom search engine on the right hand column to find these pages on a wide range …

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