What affects us affects cats
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 …
There is no doubt that the Bengal tiger is mismanaged despite the best of intentions. Or worse, is the mismanagement deliberate? The Bengal tiger occupies India and India has at least two high profile conservation organisations: Wildlife Institute of India (WII) at Dehra Dun set up in 1982 Project Tiger was incorporated in …
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 …
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 …
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 …
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 …
