A Michael Broad Blog
Servical and Caraval by Michael The servical and caraval are made up names for made up animals. I know I am being tough but I don’t like it. I don’t like the desire of some private zoo owners to create hybrid animals for their amusement out of an essentially unnatural process that you would …
What is the current situation regarding the bobcat? And how do we find out? The organisation charged with keeping up to date with developments in the world of the wildcat is the IUCN Red ListTM. Their role is to assess the status of species of animals of the world. “Status” to me means the …
What Do Wild Cats Eat? by Michael A list of the main or primary prey item of each the 36 wild cat species is listed below. Scientists work this out by studying scats (feces) and stomach contents. The prey item is dependent on the geographic location so the details here are definitive across the …
How many species of wild cat are there? by Michael Jaguarundi – just about classified as a cat! If it was not there would be 35 wild cat species. Photo: by siwild (Flickr) How many species of wild cat are there? The current answer is thirty-six (36). That is the consensus at Feb 2012. …
Wild cat mothered by a domestic cat by Michael (London, UK) African Wildcat Botswana – photo randomtruth (Flickr) I’d just like to chew over a story that has been around for about 10 years but the video only seems to have been made available recently. The Audubon Center for Research of Endangered Species is …
Wild Cats Four Decades Earlier by Poochu (India) Caged in the Zoo. Zoo inmates Zoo inmate I was born in a remote village of South India as my Mother hailed from there and as per the custom the expectant mother visited her parents for the child’s delivery, while my Father was gainfully employed in …
Looking for wildcat paw prints? There are two main sources as far as I am concerned. The first is usually photographs of wildcat prints and these can be used under license (I’ll discuss that more below). The second source charge for the use of their material but it is high quality and there is …
Wildcats As Pets by Michael (London, UK) Serval – photo by Michael Personally, I disapprove of wildcats as pets. Many Americans in particular will disagree with me. I accept that and am in no way critical of people who keep wildcats as pets. But my disapproval is not based on ethical or moral grounds. …
