A Michael Broad Blog
by Michael (London, UK) Yes, the title means what it says. When local people living in the Andes were asked how they had obtained the skins of the rare Andean cat, they answered, “We drop rocks on them”. This seems to have been said in complete innocence and with an almost shocking naivety. As …
by Michael (London, UK) This is an update on the history of the domestication of the wild cat. It appears to be generally agreed that the first domestic cats appeared in the Fertile Crescent (Middle and Near East), which includes Cyprus and Egypt, the places where evidence of domestication of the European and African …
by Michael (London, UK) I’d like to briefly talk about some of the work of Jim Sandeson Ph.D. and his colleagues in setting up the Andean Cat Conservation and Monitoring Center. In order to set up this type of center a better knowledge was required of where the Andean cat was to be found …
Alianza Gato Andino by Michael (London, UK) I would like to tell people about the Alianza Gato Andino AGA, which is an international initiative that involves 40 researchers, educators and students. These people come from Argentina, Bolivia, Chile and Peru, the countries where the Andean cat is found and they give their time without …
