What affects us affects cats
Thumbnail Photo by digitalART2 and published under a creative commons Attribution 2.0 Generic license. It seems that is has always been a problem to accurately assess the wild (non-captive) tiger population in India. As I understand it, the estimate at the time of this article is 1,411 (how did they estimate down to the …
Water cats in this context means cats that like water. Yes, some cats actively like water. That applies to some wild cat species, domestic cat breeds and many individual cats. It is simply not the case that cats hate water; that is far from the truth. A lot of wild cats live next to water …
Date of posting: 17-9-09 – where do cheetahs live?: On the Cheetah Habitat page I discuss the type of landscape in which cheetahs live. Here, however, I discuss the location of that habitat. A bit of history first. The cheetah was found in Europe (believe it or not), Asia, Africa and North America (also …
August 2010: The distribution or range of the Wildcat is set out below. Please note: (1) the wildcat is a specific species of wild cat (2) ranges of wildcats are not precise even for an expert (3) the classification of the wildcats into 5 subspecies is still debated. This customised map is exclusive to …
The best Siberian tiger picture is probably a Flickr photographer’s photo and they are on this page together with a full verbal description of this tiger and a video/slide show that also contains some basic information about this big cat – you can’t get better than that……..! Here’s the slide show: As I say …
Pictures of Snow leopards are all about what they look like so this page shows pictures together with a written description for completeness. The first picture might not necessarily be the best aesthetically but it is certainly one of the best to show some of the main features of the snow leopard. Two outstanding …
Cougar pictures – Photo by ucumari (new window). This Flickr photographer has taken the best pictures of this cat on the internet that were captive cats. His pictures are so perfect I ask if there has been some digital manipulation to smooth things out. I mention this because there is a serious side to …
