Ocelot

Albino ocelot discovered in Columbia

World’s first albino ocelot is worrying for conservationists

The wild cat news today is that the world’s first albino ocelot has been discovered in Colombia. And the news is not good because the discovery indicates that deforestation in Colombia is resulting in inbreeding of wild cat species because of fragmented habitat resulting in small population sizes. This assessment is made because albinism a.k.a. …

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Ocelot in Sonora just south of Arizona

Trump’s Mexico-US wall would jeopardise ocelot conservation

The news surrounding Trump’s great wall has subsided but its construction is still on the table and it is still a danger to wildlife conservation and in particular for the ocelot. This beautiful but endangered small wild cat species has been documented as living in Arizona since the 19th century but they were heavily persecuted …

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Sand cat kitten

Pictures of ocelot, sand cat and bobcat kittens in the news today

There are three American stories of cute wild kittens today which provide us with some cute pictures from three different small-to-medium sized wild cat species. Cincinnati From Cincinnati Zoo we have some super looking ocelot kittens. They were created through frozen semen and artificial insemination. Five kittens were born in March of which three survived. …

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Ocelot on camera trap in Arizona

Video of rare wild Arizona ocelot highlights catastrophic 1960s US fur market

Today in February 2019, online news media is chattering excitedly about a video from a camera trap of a wild ocelot meandering through the Arizona wilds. He looks very lonely; he should be because they are extremely rare. In fact the video that you see is the first ever publicly released trail camera video of …

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Ocelot coat 1957

Facebook and eBay sell body parts of tigers, leopards and other endangered big cats illegally

Against a promise to stop facilitating the trade in body parts of tigers, leopards and other endangered big cats, eBay and Facebook are selling these commercial ‘products’ illegally. The Times newspaper’s investigation found that sellers are offering products such as handbags for up to £5000 each. These products have been made from the skins of …

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